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THISTLE-DOWN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THISTLE-DOWN IS A WOMAN'S LOVE
Last Line: THISTLE-DOWN WITH THE WIND AT PLAY.
Subject(s): LOVE; THISTLES;
THISTLE-DOWN is a woman's love, --
Thistle-down with the wind at play.
Let him who wills this truth to prove,
"Thistle-down is a woman's love,"
Seek her innermost heart to move.
Though the wind should blow her vows his way,
Thistle-down is a woman's love, --
Thistle-down with the wind at play.



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