In Other Words/To Julia, on June 21

by Franklin P. Adams

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To Julia, on June 21

[In the Elizabethan manner.]

 

Thou askest of me why to-day,
 My Julia, I do love thee moe;
And thou art fain to have mee saie
 Wherefore I am affected soe.

An thou wouldst wit the reasoun of
 Thyself to-day beeing more dere
Than othertime, it is, my love,
 The longest day of all the yere.