Roses+and+Rue

Could we dig up this long-buried treasure, Were it worth the pleasure, We never could learn love's song, We are parted too long
 * __Roses and Rue __**

Could the passionate past that is fled Call back its dead, Could we live it all over again, Were it worth the pain!

I remember we used to meet By an ivied seat, And you warbled each pretty word With the air of a bird;

And your voice had a quaver in it, Just like a linnet, And shook, as the blackbird's throat <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">With its last big note;

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And your eyes, they were green and grey <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Like an April day, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But lit into amethyst <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When I stooped and kissed;

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And your mouth, it would never smile <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For a long, long while, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Then it rippled all over with laughter <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Five minutes after.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You were always afraid of a shower, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Just like a flower: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I remember you started and ran <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When the rain began.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I remember I never could catch you, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For no one could match you, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You had wonderful, luminous, fleet, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Little wings to your feet.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I remember your hair - did I tie it? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For it always ran riot - <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Like a tangled sunbeam of gold: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These things are old.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I remember so well the room, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And the lilac bloom <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">That beat at the dripping pane <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In the warm June rain;

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And the colour of your gown, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It was amber-brown, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And two yellow satin bows <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">From the shoulders rose.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">And the handkerchief of French lace <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Which you held to your face- <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Had a small tear left a stain? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Or was it the rain?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">On your hand as it waved adieu <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There were veins of blue; <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In your voice as it said good-bye <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Was a petulant cry,

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"You have only wasted your life." <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(Ah, that was the knife!) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When I rushed through the garden gate <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It was all too late.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Could we live it over again, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Were it worth the pain, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Could the passionate past that is fled <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Call back its dead!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Well, if my heart must break, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dear love, for your sake, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It will break in music, I know, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Poets' hearts break so.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">But strange that I was not told <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">That the brain can hold <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In a tiny ivory cell <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">God's heaven and hell.

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