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UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 1. ENVOY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Go, little book, and wish to all
Last Line: A nightingale in the sycamore!
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Variant Title(s): Envoy;wishes
Subject(s): Wishes


Go, little book, and wish to all
Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall,
A bin of wine, a spice of wit,
A house with lawns enclosing it,
A living river by the door,
A nightingale in the sycamore!





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