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Ailes d'Alouette

F. W. Bourdillon

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SAPPHIRES

WONDERFVL is the sea,
And the sky above the hill,
But the eyes of a maiden be
More wondrous still.
For not the nightly skies
Such depths discover,
As, when she loves, her eyes
Do to her lover.