Betwixt Two Seas Poems and Ballads (Written at Constantinople and Therapia). By Violet Fane [i.e. M. M. Lamb] |
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ON THE BOSPHORUS
“Bathe not so near to my window-pane!”
The haughty lady cried,
But the bearded swimmer bore amain
As floating with the tide;
The haughty lady cried,
But the bearded swimmer bore amain
As floating with the tide;
“Nay, get thee hence!” the lady said,
But little he seemed to reck:
Then a wave toss'd over the bearded head
And show'd her a sever'd neck!
But little he seemed to reck:
Then a wave toss'd over the bearded head
And show'd her a sever'd neck!
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