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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHITE LILACS, by BORRIES FREIHERR VON MUNCHHAUSEN Poet's Biography
First Line: The day was damp -- the snails were out, for token
Last Line: Ran the gold ditties of the nightingale.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
First Line: The day was damp -- the snails were out, for token
Last Line: Ran the gold ditties of the nightingale.
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs
THE day was damp—the snails were out, for token—,
But when the night above my garden hung,
See! the white lilacs into bloom had broken,
And o'er the wall their heavy boughs were flung.
And on the wall great pearls with limpid lustres
Were dripping from the lilac-blossoms pale,
While, woven through the fragrance of their clusters,
Ran the gold ditties of the nightingale.
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