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1884–1954

THE LEMON-TREE

Francis Brett Young

Last night, last night, a vision of you Sweetly troubled my waking dream: Beneath the clear Algerian blue You stood with lifted eyes: the beam

Of a winter sun beat on the crown Of a lemon-tree, whose delicate fruit Like pale lamps hung airily down; And in your gazing eyes a mute

And lovely wonder.... Have I sung Of slender things and naught beside? You were so beautifully young I must have kissed you or have died.

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