O
TURN ONCE MORE
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O TURN
once more!
The meadows where we mused and strayed together
Abound and glow yet with the ruby sorrel;
'Twas there the bluebirds fought and played together,
Their quarrel was a flying bluebird-quarrel;
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Their
nest is firm still in the burnished cherry,
They will come back there some day and be merry;
I turn once more.
O TURN
once more!
The spring we lingered at is ever
steeping |
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The
long, cool grasses where the violets hide,
Where you awoke the flower-heads from their sleeping
And plucked them, proud in their inviolate pride;
You left the roots, the roots will flower again,
O turn once more and pluck the flower again;
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O
turn once more.
O TURN
once more!
We were the first to find the fairy
places
Where the tall lady-slippers scarf'd and snooded,
Painted their lovely thoughts upon their faces,
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And
then, bewitched by their own beauty, brooded;
This will recur in some enchanted fashion;
Time will repeat his miracles of passion;
O turn once more.
O TURN
one more! |
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What
heart is worth the longing for, the winning,
That is not moved by currents of surprise;
Who never breaks the silken thread in spinning,
Shows a bare spindle when the daylight dies;
The constant blood will yet flow full and tender;
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The
thread will mended be though gossamer-slender;
O turn once more. |
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