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SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: MY HEART TO THY HEART
Last Line: NOR THE SWART MAID FROM HER SWARTHIER SWAIN.

My heart to thy heart,
My hand to thine;
My lip to thy lips,
Kisses are wine
Brewed for the lover in sunshine and shade;
Let me drink deep, then, my African maid.
Lily to lily,
Rose unto rose;
My love to thy love
Tenderly grows.
Rend not the oak and the ivy in twain,
Nor the swart maid from her swarthier swain.



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