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Rudyard Kipling - A Ripple Song
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Once red ripple came to land
     In the golden sunset burning—
   Lapped against a maiden`s hand,
     By the ford returning.

   Dainty foot and gentle breast—
   Here, across, be glad and rest.
   "Maiden, wait," the ripple saith;
   "Wait awhile, for I am Death!"
            
   "Where my lover calls I go—
     Shame it were to treat him coldly—
   `Twas a fish that circled so,
     Turning over boldly."

   Dainty foot and tender heart,
   Wait the loaded ferry-raft.
   "Wait, ah, wait!" the ripple saith;
   "Maiden, wait, for I am Death!"

   "When my lover calls I haste—
     Dame Disdain was never wedded!"
   Ripple-ripple round her waist,
     Clear the current eddied.

   Foolish heart and faithful hand,
   Little feet that touched no land.
   Far away the ripple sped,
   Ripple-ripple running red!
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