Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/Diplomacy

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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DIPLOMACY

TELL your love where the roses  blow, And the hearts of the lilies quiver,Not in the city's gleam and glow But down by a half-sunned river Not in the crowded ball-room's glare, That would be fatal, Marie, Marie,How can she answer you then and there?  So come then and stroll with me,   my dear,  Down where the birds call, Marie,   Marie.