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June 19, 1891.
All in a peaceful garden fair,
One night in leafy June,
There sat a wondrous lovely pair,
And waited for the Moon,
One night in leafy June,
There sat a wondrous lovely pair,
And waited for the Moon,
In silence, save where rustled by
A little creeping breeze,
Which swept the cobwebs from the sky,
And scarcely stirred the trees.
A little creeping breeze,
Which swept the cobwebs from the sky,
And scarcely stirred the trees.
The one displayed in form and face
To all and sundry comers
The sweet accumulated grace
Of twenty happy summers.
To all and sundry comers
The sweet accumulated grace
Of twenty happy summers.
The other, matronly and calm,
Was most divinely fair,
And each was stately as a palm,
And each had pale gold hair.
Was most divinely fair,
And each was stately as a palm,
And each had pale gold hair.
Between them, where a trailing bough
Obscured the moonlight pale,
Lounged a vast form with classic brow,
Unquestionably male.
Obscured the moonlight pale,
Lounged a vast form with classic brow,
Unquestionably male.
There rose a mighty yellow Moon,
Across the tree-tops peering
Along the fleecy sky of June,
Through which she'll soon be steering
Across the tree-tops peering
Along the fleecy sky of June,
Through which she'll soon be steering
