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ODELETTE (2) by HENRI FRANCOIS JOSEPH DE REGNIER

First Line: IF I HAVE TOLD
Last Line: IT IS YOUR SHADOW THAT I SEEK.
Subject(s): LOVE;

If I have told
Of my love, it is the slow stream
That heard me dream
Above; if I have told
Of my love, it is the breeze
That laughs and whispers in the trees;
If I have told of my love, it is the bird
That swiftly wings
With the wind, and sings:
If I have told
'Tis echo heard.

If I have loved with a deep love,
That smiles and sighs,
It is your eyes;
If I have loved with a deep love,
It is your lips where whimsy trips,
It is your lips;
If I have loved with a deep love,
It is your cool hands and your warm cheek,
It is your shadow that I seek.



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