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1872–1906

DIPLOMACY

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Tell your love where the roses blow, And the hearts of the lilies quiver, Not in the city's gleam and glow, But down by a half-sunned river.

Not in the crowded ball-room's glare, That would be fatal, Marie, Marie, How can she answer you then and there? So come then and stroll with me, my dear,

Down where the birds call, Marie, Marie.

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