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Alfred Austin - A Birthday Present
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```Say what, to please you, you would have me be.``
 Then listen, dear!
 I fain would have you very fair to see,
 And sweet to hear.

 `You should have Aphrodite`s form and face,
 With Dian`s tread;
 And something of Minerva`s lofty grace
 Should crown your head.

 `Summer should wander in your voice, and Spring
 Gleam in your gaze,
 And pure thoughts ripen in your heart that bring
 Calm Autumn days.

 `Yours should be winning ways that make Love live,
 And ne`er grow old,
 With ever something yet more sweet to give,
 Which you withhold.

 `You should have generous hopes that can beguile
 Life`s doubts and fears,
 And, ever waiting on your April smile,
 The gift of tears.

 `You should be close to us as earth and sea,
 And yet as far
 As Heaven itself. In sooth, I`d have you be
 Just what you are.`
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