Chanson

Oscar Wilde

              A ring of gold and a milk-white dove
                Are goodly gifts for thee,
              And a hempen rope for your own love
                To hang upon a tree.

              For you a House of Ivory
                (Roses are white in the rose-bower)!
              A narrow bed for me to lie
                (White, O white, is the hemlock flower)!

              Myrtle and jessamine for you
                (O the red rose is fair to see)!
              For me the cypress and the rue
                (Fairest of all is rose-mary)!

              For you three lovers of your hand
                (Green grass where a man lies dead)!
              For me three paces on the sand
                (Plant lilies at my head)!

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