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Amy Levy - A Game of Lawn Tennis
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What wonder that I should be dreaming
    Out here in the garden to-day?
The light through the leaves is streaming,—
Paulina cries, "Play!"

The birds to each other are calling,
    The freshly-cut grasses smell sweet;
To Teddy`s dismay, comes falling
        The ball at my feet.

"Your stroke should be over, not under!"
    "But that`s such a difficult way!"
The place is a springtide wonder
        Of lilac and may;

Of lilac, and may, and laburnum,
    Of blossom,—We`re losing the set!
"Those volleys of Jenny`s,—return them;
    "Stand close to the net!"


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You are so fond of the Maytime,
    My friend, far away;
Small wonder that I should be dreaming
    Of you in the garden to-day.
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