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English Roses

by F. Harald Williams [i.e. F. W. O. Ward]

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THE TRYST.

In the sweet of the morning I rose
To the trysting and went,
And the violet from its repose
Gave me greeting of scent;
And the foxglove awoke from its dreams
In the rivulet glassed,
And though white blushed with alien beams
As in passion I passed.
All the birds tuned their silvery throats,
And the throstle and dove
Brushed the dew from their bosoms and coats
At the meeting of love.