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95
OLGA.
Tall and twenty,
Bright and fair,
Kisses on her lips in plenty
And red gold her haloed hair;
For the winning and the wooing,
And the wonder and undoing
Of all hearts beyond repair.
White and winsome
With dark blue
Eyes, as fathomless as in some
Fairyland a fountain's hue,
Where the fancied is the true.
Bright and fair,
Kisses on her lips in plenty
And red gold her haloed hair;
For the winning and the wooing,
And the wonder and undoing
Of all hearts beyond repair.
White and winsome
With dark blue
Eyes, as fathomless as in some
Fairyland a fountain's hue,
Where the fancied is the true.
Soft and pliant
Potter's clay,
Yet with purpose more reliant
Than the mountain's rocky stay.
Earth and spirit meet and marry,
And her cheeks just rose-lit carry
Promise of diviner day.
Cool as withy,
But a fire
Never seen on mortal stithy,
When the passion of desire
Grows through flesh and blood attire.
Potter's clay,
Yet with purpose more reliant
Than the mountain's rocky stay.
Earth and spirit meet and marry,
And her cheeks just rose-lit carry
Promise of diviner day.
Cool as withy,
But a fire
Never seen on mortal stithy,
When the passion of desire
Grows through flesh and blood attire.
Pure and distant
As a dream,
But to every one assistant
In the night without a gleam;
Then with daintiest love diffusive,
If at other times elusive
As the rainbow on a stream.
Grandly daring,
When the hour
Strikes, in charity unsparing
With a faith that bursts in flower—
And, though weakness, still a power.
As a dream,
But to every one assistant
In the night without a gleam;
Then with daintiest love diffusive,
If at other times elusive
As the rainbow on a stream.
Grandly daring,
When the hour
Strikes, in charity unsparing
With a faith that bursts in flower—
And, though weakness, still a power.
96
Strong and tender,
With a hand
Eager always to surrender,
While as ready for command;
With the shapeliest neck and shoulder,
And if shy yet waxing bolder
When the greatest odds withstand.
Blessed and blessing,
Fair and bright
With a figure coy, caressing,
Robed in beauty as a right—
Heart's desire and world's delight.
With a hand
Eager always to surrender,
While as ready for command;
With the shapeliest neck and shoulder,
And if shy yet waxing bolder
When the greatest odds withstand.
Blessed and blessing,
Fair and bright
With a figure coy, caressing,
Robed in beauty as a right—
Heart's desire and world's delight.
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