Comic Tales and Lyrical Fancies including The Chessiad, a Mock-Heroic, in Five Cantos; and The Wreath of Love, in Four Cantos. By C. Dibdin, the Younger |
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THE RINGLET AND WREATH. |
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THE RINGLET AND WREATH.
Lovely maid, thy locks when braiding
Set one little ringlet free;
Smiling then at my persuading,
Kiss that curl and send it me.
Let some odorous zephyr bear it,
Perfum'd by thy breath alone;
As a charm of love I'll wear it
Near a heart that's all thine own.
O, set one little ringlet free,
Kiss that curl and send it me.
Set one little ringlet free;
Smiling then at my persuading,
Kiss that curl and send it me.
Let some odorous zephyr bear it,
Perfum'd by thy breath alone;
As a charm of love I'll wear it
Near a heart that's all thine own.
O, set one little ringlet free,
Kiss that curl and send it me.
Lovely maid, through Hope's beguiling,
I a wreath have twin'd for thee;
Wilt thou, like an angel smiling,
Kiss it when it comes from me?
If too bold appear my bearing,
Think, to frown ere thou incline,
Love too meek for tender daring
Is not worthy charms like thine,
O, set one little ringlet free:
Kiss the wreath that comes from me.
I a wreath have twin'd for thee;
Wilt thou, like an angel smiling,
Kiss it when it comes from me?
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Think, to frown ere thou incline,
Love too meek for tender daring
Is not worthy charms like thine,
O, set one little ringlet free:
Kiss the wreath that comes from me.
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