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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[A base and selfish discontent]
[Give us all under, and above, the Moon]
[How different is the life within our breast]
[O heroes, ye comfort my brotherly heart!]
[When the vile and the noble he juggles to mix]
[I do not show]
[That base curmudgeon who in Nelson's stead]
[Berries, and also seeds]
[Good Reader, were I but in Greek]
[One or two at a time]
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Blackberries
[A whore that's gentle, mild, and sweet]
A whore
that's gentle, mild, and sweet,
Dainty, modest-worded, neat,
She's a creature just so far
Worse than filthy trollops are,
As of womanhood the more
She puts into this trade of whore.
Blackberries