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OLD VALENTINES by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: TINY MAIDS WITH SUNLIT HAIR
Last Line: IN ONE GOLDEN MEMORY.
Subject(s): HOLIDAYS; MEMORY; PAST; VALENTINE'S DAY; WOMEN;

Tiny maids with sunlit hair;
Sombre elves with eyes cast down;
Princess dainty, debonnaire;
Auburn tresses, gold, and brown.
Some were gay and some were grave;
Shyly swayed by blame or praise;
Others ruled their willing slave
With their tiny tyrant ways.
Time has blent them all for me
In one golden memory.



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