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TUSCAN OLIVES: RISPETTO 1 by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON

First Line: THE COLOUR OF THE OLIVES WHO SHALL SAY?
Last Line: AS LOVE IS ALWAYS LOVE IN TEARS OR JEST.
Subject(s): LOVE - NATURE OF; OLIVE TREES AND OLIVES;
THE colour of the olives who shall say?
In winter on the yellow earth they're blue,
A wind can change the green to white or grey,
But they are olives still in every hue;

But they are olives always, green or white,
As love is love in torment or delight;
But they are olives, ruffled or at rest,
As love is always love in tears or jest.



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