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THE WILLOW
Old Christian Fathers laud the willow treeAs type and pattern of virginity:
Yet ten short moons ago on osier bed
Strephon woo'd Chloe, and so well he sped
That now of willow wands a cradle's weaving
For their love-babe; and sorely Chloe's grieving.
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