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AQUARELLE AFTER WATTEAU, by                    
First Line: Shepherdess, - nay, go not yet
Last Line: Gainst your own!
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Courtship; Kisses; Rain


SHEPHERDESS,—nay, go not yet
While the trees are dripping wet
From the rain!
Come, sit here beneath the eaves
Of the grotto till the leaves
Dry again.
Every lamb is in the fold
Huddled safely from the cold
And the dews;
Stay, the sun will soon appear
With a smile to find you here—
Don't refuse!
See, the mists have pearled your hair
And your hands are—I declare!
Cold as stone!
Nay, 'tis but my arm that slips
'Round your waist—and these my lips
'Gainst your own!





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