THOMAS STURGE MOORE
922 A Duet
'FLOWERS nodding gaily, scent in air, Flowers ponied, flowers for the hair, Sleepy flowers, flowers bold to stare '
'Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper Come,
Shells that stammer, blush, and yet arc dumb '
'O let me hear.'
'Eyes so black they draw one trembling near, Brown eyes, caverns flooded with a tear,
Cloudless eyes, blue eyes so windy clear J
'O look at me !'
'Kisses sadly blown across the sea, Darkling kisses, kisses fair and free,
Bob-a-cherry kisses 'neath a tree '
'O give me one!'
Thus sang a king and queen in Babylon.
��923 Sent from Egypt with a Fair Robe of Tissue to a Sicilian Vinedresser
PUT out to sea, if wine thou wouldest make Such as is made in Cos when open boat May safely launch, advice of pilots take; And find the deepest bottom, most remote
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