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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[Sweetheart and sweetheart, husband and wife]
[The figures of Heroes by history outlined]
[He who worships Success]
[Honour and Fortune never sought thee out]
[Each thinks himself exceptional]
[The imperial essence, the transcendent dower]
[“How can it surely be known]
[The Age of Suicide draws near]
[Religion dead]
[The weak, all-powerful force, now in our hand]
[The Children of the Land]
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Blackberries
[Good Marriage, good Marriage, the greatest prize]
Good
Marriage, good Marriage, the greatest prize,
Must that be also a compromise?
Not thoroughly true, patch'd up with lies?
What endless cobwebs tease us, poor flies!
Blackberries