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A TWINTORETTE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: HO! MY LITTLE MAIDEN
Last Line: LISPS AND LOVING WORDS.
Subject(s): KISSES; LOVE;

HO! my little maiden
With the glossy tresses,
Come thou and dance with me
A measure all divine;
Let my breast be laden
With but thy caresses --
Come thou and glancingly
Mate thy face with mine.

Thou shalt trill a rondel,
While my lips are purling
Some dainty twitterings
Sweeter than the birds';
And, with arms that fondle
Each as we go twirling,
We will kiss, with twitterings,
Lisps and loving words.



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