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James Whitcomb Riley - JudithJames Whitcomb Riley - Judith
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O her eyes are amber-fine--   Dark and deep as wells of wine,   While her smile is like the noon   Splendor of a day of June.   If she sorrow--lo! her face   It is like a flowery space   In bright meadows, overlaid   With light clouds and lulled with shade   If she laugh--it is the trill   Of the wayward whippoorwill   Over upland pastures, heard   Echoed by the mocking-bird   In dim thickets dense with bloom   And blurred cloyings of perfume.   If she sigh--a zephyr swells   Over odorous asphodels   And wan lilies in lush plots   Of moon-drown`d forget-me-nots.   Then, the soft touch of her hand--   Takes all breath to understand   What to liken it thereto!--   Never roseleaf rinsed with dew   Might slip soother-suave than slips   Her slow palm, the while her lips   Swoon through mine, with kiss on kiss   Sweet as heated honey is.
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