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15. | [XV. Gertrude and Gulielma, sister-twins] |
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![]() | Poems by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman | ![]() |
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[XV. Gertrude and Gulielma, sister-twins]
Gertrude and Gulielma, sister-twins,Dwelt in the valley, at the farm-house old;
Nor grief had touched their locks of dark and gold,
Nor dimmed the fragrant whiteness of their skins:
Both beautiful, and one in height and mould;
Yet one had loveliness which the spirit wins
To other worlds,—eyes, forehead, smile, and all,
More softly serious than the twilight's fall.
The other—can I e'er forget the day,
When, stealing from a laughing group away,
To muse with absent eye, and motion slow,
Her beauty fell upon me like a blow?—
Gertrude! with red flowerlip, and silk black hair!
Yet Gulielma was by far more fair!
![]() | Poems by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman | ![]() |