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BLACK AND WHITE
By the wall of the garden that glimmer'd, chalk white,
In the light of the moon, back in May,
There were you all in black, at my side, coming round
On the ground where the cypress did sway:
Oh! the white and the black. Which was fairest to view?
Why the black, become fairest on you.
In the light of the moon, back in May,
There were you all in black, at my side, coming round
On the ground where the cypress did sway:
Oh! the white and the black. Which was fairest to view?
Why the black, become fairest on you.
By the water downfalling in many a bow,
White as snow, on the rock's peaky steep;
There your own petted cow show'd the ridge of her back,
Of deep black, as she lay for her sleep:
Oh! the white and the black. Which was fairest to view?
Why the black, become fairest on you.
White as snow, on the rock's peaky steep;
There your own petted cow show'd the ridge of her back,
Of deep black, as she lay for her sleep:
Oh! the white and the black. Which was fairest to view?
Why the black, become fairest on you.
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When you stroll'd down the village at evening, bedight
All in white, in the warm summer-tide,
The while Towsy, your loving old dog, with his back
Sleeky black, trotted on at your side:
Ah! the black and the white. Which was fairest to view?
Why the white, become fairest on you.
All in white, in the warm summer-tide,
The while Towsy, your loving old dog, with his back
Sleeky black, trotted on at your side:
Ah! the black and the white. Which was fairest to view?
Why the white, become fairest on you.
At the end of the barton the granary stood,
Of black wood, with white geese at its side;
And the white-wingèd swans, on the quick-running wave,
By the cave of black darkness did glide:
Oh! the black and the white. Which was fairest to view?
Why the white, become fairest on you.
Of black wood, with white geese at its side;
And the white-wingèd swans, on the quick-running wave,
By the cave of black darkness did glide:
Oh! the black and the white. Which was fairest to view?
Why the white, become fairest on you.
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