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A TRUANT LOVER by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON

First Line: ABOVE A LILY'S CHALICE FLASHED
Last Line: HER FICKLE LOVE WILL NE'ER RETURN.
Subject(s): LONGING; LOVE - LOSS OF;
ABOVE a lily's chalice flashed
An ardent humming bird awhirring;
On poisèd wings he nectar sipped,
The lily's waxen petals stirring,
Then thrilling 'neath his fervid kiss,
She waked to love's ecstatic bliss.

But sated with acquired sweets,
This wanton flirt and reckless rover,
Now skims the verdant meadows o'er
And blithely wooes the blushing clover.
The lily's trusting heart may yearn,
Her fickle love will ne'er return.



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