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A SONG by MARGARET SACKVILLE

First Line: SHALL YOU RETURN AGAIN?
Last Line: IN ALL THAT IS!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

SHALL you return again?—
Yes, some time,
In hawthorn, summer rain,
Or a new rhyme;
Roofs green with weather-stain,
And bells a-chime;
A latticed window-pane,
Where roses climb.

How shall we know it's you?—
By this and this;
White sand, the gentian's blue,
A scent, a kiss.
One ever born anew,
How may you miss,
Who lives the whole year through
In all that is!



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