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A WILD ROSE
I
The first wild rose in wayside hedge,This year I wandering see,
I pluck, and send it as a pledge,
My own Wild Rose, to Thee.
II
For when my gaze first met thy gaze,We were knee-deep in June:
The nights were only dreamier days,
And all the hours in tune.
III
I found thee, like the eglantine,Sweet, simple, and apart;
And, from that hour, thy smile hath been
The flower that scents my heart.
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IV
And, ever since, when tendrils graceYoung copse or weathered bole
With rosebuds, straight I see thy face,
And gaze into thy soul.
V
A natural bud of love Thou art,Where, gazing down, I view,
Deep hidden in thy fragrant heart,
A drop of heavenly dew.
VI
Go, wild rose, to my Wild Rose dear;Bid her come swift and soon.
O would that She were always here!
It then were always June.
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