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A GARDEN by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS

First Line: MY LOVE IS RED AS OLEANDER
Last Line: WERE MEETER FOR MY LOVE TO SING!
Subject(s): FLOWERS; GARDENS & GARDENING; HEARTS; LOVE; SOUL;
My love is red as oleander,
And whiter than the rose,
And pure as never was such candour
In any flower that grows,
And fresh and sweet as never was
The sweetness of azaleas.

If I might lie beside the bed
Where all such shrubs do sprout,
And round my heart and soul and head
Their virtues wreathe about,
Methinks the songs that thence would spring
Were meeter for my love to sing!



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