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DIAMONDS
You know when mother came just now to kiss us all good-night,
She had a lovely necklace on made out of sudden light;
It's just a string of diamonds, and I lie awake to think
What makes each little creature give that blue and scarlet wink.
She had a lovely necklace on made out of sudden light;
It's just a string of diamonds, and I lie awake to think
What makes each little creature give that blue and scarlet wink.
Dick calls them prisoned sunlight, but the sunlight isn't blue!
I think him very ignorant to talk like that, don't you?
O Tommy, wait a moment, for I'm sure I've really guessed
What has puzzled all the sages in the east and in the west.
I think him very ignorant to talk like that, don't you?
O Tommy, wait a moment, for I'm sure I've really guessed
What has puzzled all the sages in the east and in the west.
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Now listen. Very long ago the fairies told the stones
The gossip of the rivers, and the chat of mountain-cones;
But man was never trusted; so a million gems tonight
Are remembering their secrets, and keep winking with delight.
The gossip of the rivers, and the chat of mountain-cones;
But man was never trusted; so a million gems tonight
Are remembering their secrets, and keep winking with delight.
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