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Three Women

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919)

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IX. SONGS FROM THE TURRET.
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XI. Ruth's Letter to Maurice, Six Months Later.
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XII. Maurice's Letter to Ruth:

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As the king bird feeds on the heart of the bee,
So would I feed on the sweets of thee.
As the south wind kisses the leaf at will,
From the leaf of thy lips I would drink my fill.
As the sun pries into the heart of a rose,
I would pry in thy heart, and its thoughts disclose.
As a dewdrop mirrors the loving sky,
I would see myself in thy tear wet eye.
As the deep night shelters the day in its arms,
I would hide thee, dear, from the world's alarms.
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