Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads Jacobite Ballads, &c. &c. By George W. Thornbury ... with illustrations by H. S. Marks |
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MERCUTIO'S LOVE LINES. |
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MERCUTIO'S LOVE LINES.
Softest foot upon the rushes—
Softest foot upon the rushes;
Her darling foot will press a rose,
Yet never kill the flower it crushes.
Softest foot upon the rushes;
Her darling foot will press a rose,
Yet never kill the flower it crushes.
Whiter hand no lover kisses—
Whiter hand no lover kisses;
Soft between her breasts of snow
Nestles love and all his blisses.
Whiter hand no lover kisses;
Soft between her breasts of snow
Nestles love and all his blisses.
Eyes, as dark as violet shadows—
Eyes, as dark as violet shadows;
A smile as sweet, and gay, and soft
As April sunshine on the meadows.
Eyes, as dark as violet shadows;
A smile as sweet, and gay, and soft
As April sunshine on the meadows.
Voice like whispering woods in summer—
Voice like whispering woods in summer;
Soft and low as June winds blow
In the warm midnights of summer.
Voice like whispering woods in summer;
Soft and low as June winds blow
In the warm midnights of summer.
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