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DEAR DELIGHT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: YOUNGLING FAIR, AND DEAR DELIGHT
Last Line: TIS LOVE HATH THEE IN KEEPING.
Youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis Love hath thee in keeping;
Green are the hills in morning light,
A long adieu to weeping!

The elfin-folk sing shrill a-ring;
Children a-field are straying;
Dance, too, thou tiny, lovely thing,
For all the world's a-maying.

Droop will the shadows of the night;
Quiet be thy sleeping.
Thou youngling fair, and dear delight,
'Tis Love hath thee in keeping.



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