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Pine,
Rose and Fleur de Lis
by
Susie Frances Harrison
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THEOCRITUS
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Theocritus
had kept awake,
Taken some vivifying dose,
And lost his sleep for summer’s sake.
Happy with me thus to partake
The glories of the scene globose,
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| Theocritus
had kept awake,
And dropped his voice and feared to make
Remarks
and jeu des mots jocose,
And lost his sleep for summer’s sake.
Your knightly promises you break;
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By
turns you’re sleepy, tired, morose,
Theocritus had kept awake.
But me, there’s no one on the lake
Has cared to come to nature close,
And lost his sleep for summer’s sake.
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I’ll have to try a gentle shake—
How can you be so very gross?
Theocritus had kept awake
And lost his sleep for summer’s sake.
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