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MAJOLICA PLATE by RUTH MASON RICE

First Line: YELLOW AND GREEN, WITH GARLANDS GAY
Last Line: MAJOLICA CHRONICLES HAVE THIS PLIGHT.
Subject(s): MALLORCA; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; MAJORCA; VIRGIN MARY;

Yellow and green, with garlands gay;
Pale Madonnas on fields of blue;
Plump bambini with birds, at play;
Coat-of-arms of Italian hue;
Perugian Griffin with Lion of Guelph,
Fighting to prove their civic prides;
Just at this point -- I help myself . . .
A crack runs down where the Mayor decides
Which of the cities has won the fight . . .
Majolica chronicles have this plight.



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