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BROWN AND RED.
SECOND VERSION.
“What can I do to please you?” answer noneThere was, but, lady, I will tell you how
If so disposed your heart may please me now,
But first let feet of memory backward run,
And tell me whether you remember one
Sweet plant I plucked for you in former days,
A tender delicate plant with ruby sprays,
Red separate leaflets kindled by the sun?
You do remember? good; then let my song
Be even such a sweet red flower, and bound
Within the black-brown hair I loved, and wound
The tresses I caressed in thought among,
That when a host of other jewels throng
Superior, there that leaf may still be found.
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