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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 [1862], Out of his head: a romance [Also, Paul Lynde's sketch book]. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf448T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
BECAUSE the sky is blue; because blithe May Masks in the wren's song and the lilac's hue; Because — in fine, because the sky is blue I will read none but piteous tales to-day. Keep happy laughter till the skies be gray, And the sad season cypress wears, and rue; Then, when the wind is moaning in the flue, And ways are dark, bid Chaucer make us gay. But now a little sadness! All too sweet This springtide riot, this most poignant air, This sensuous sphere of color and perfume! So listen, love, while I the woes repeat Of Hamlet and Ophelia, and that pair Whose bridal bed was builded in a tomb.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 [1862], Out of his head: a romance [Also, Paul Lynde's sketch book]. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf448T]. |
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