1. On a Screen
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A tortoise I see on a lotus-flower resting
A bird 'mid the reeds and the rushes is nesting,
A light skiff, propelled by some boatman's fair daughter,
Whose song dies away o'er the fast flowing water.
Input by Geoffrey Wieting
2. The Odalisque
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A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower,
Bewailing the fate that forbids her to roam.
In the courtyard she counts the buds on each flower,
While a dragon-fly flutters and sits on her comb.
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3. Highwaymen
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The rainy mist sweeps gently o'er the village by the stream,
And from the leafy forest glades the brigand daggers gleam;
And yet, there is no need to fear, or step from out their way,
For more than half the world consists of bigger rogues than they!
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4. To a Young Gentleman
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Don't come in, sir, please!
Don't break my willow-trees!
Not that that would very much grieve me,
But, alack-a-day,
What would my parents say?
And love you as I may,
I cannot bear to think what that would be.
Don't cross my wall, sir, please!
Don't spoil my mulberry-trees!
Not that that would very much grieve me,
But, alack-a-day,
What would my brothers say?
And love you as I may,
I cannot bear to think what that would be.
Then keep outside, sir, please!
Don't spoil my sandal-trees!
Not that that would very much grieve me,
But, alack-a-day,
What the world would say!
And love you as I may,
I cannot bear to think what that would be.
Input by Geoffrey Wieting
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