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 THOMAS STURGE MOORE

922 A Duet

( 1T>LOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, -F Flowers ponied, flowers for the hair,

Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare '

'Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come,

Shells that stammer, blush, and yet arc dumb '

'O let me hear.'

'Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear,

Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear J

<O look at me 1 '

'Kisses sadly blown across the sea, Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free,

Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree '

'O give me one''

Thus sang a king and queen in Babylon.

��923 Sent from Egypt with a Fair Robe of Tissue to a Sicilian Vinedresser

PUT out to sea, if wine thou wouldest make Such as is made in Cos when open boat May safely launch, advice of pilots take; And find the deepest bottom, most remote

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