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Pine,
Rose and Fleur de Lis
by
Susie Frances Harrison
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RHAPSODIE
(II)
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Ring’d
round with the dark green St. Laurent our isle
as a jewel is
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set, |
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Moss’d
agate in emerald rimm’d with an amethyst
rare,
One link in the leafy green chain, one star in
the stone coronet,
That
crowns and encircles the brow of the peerless
and proud |
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rivulet, |
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diadem Deity-plac’d—and a mortal’s
despair! |
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Ring’d
round with the dark green St. Laurent our isle as
a jewel is
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set,
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While glowing with feverish garnet, its sands sparkle bright
in the |
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wet, |
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And
clear as Brazilian topaz its summits declare
One link in the leafy green chain, one star in
the stone coronet.
The
lichen upon it is writing in God’s orange
own alphabet, |
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And
dimly we measure its message, while past all compare
Ring’d round with the dark green St. Laurent
our isle as a jewel is
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set.
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And here as we stand on its summit, glad warders
on grey |
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parapet, |
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A
thousand such jewels are sparkling in midsummer
air;
One link in the leafy green chain, one star in the
stone coronet, |
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One gem, and but one—of a thousand—is
this whereon rest has
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been
met, |
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And
dimly we worship its beauty, while shining and fair,
Ring’d round with dark green St. Laurent our
isle as a jewel is set,
One link in the leafy green chain, one star in the
stone coronet. |
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