Chapter 36 No.36

Anacreontics

[Published in The Gem: a Literary Annual. London: W. Marshall, Holborn Bars, mdcccxxxi.]

With roses musky breathed,

And drooping daffodilly,

And silverleaved lily,

And ivy darkly-wreathed,

I wove a crown before her,

For her I love so dearly,

A garland for Lenora.

With a silken cord I bound it.

Lenora, laug

            
            

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