Chanson by Oscar Wilde
A ring of gold and a milk-white dove
Are goodly gifts for thee,
And a hempen rope for your own love
To hang upon a tree
For you a House of Ivory
(Roses are white in the rose-bower)
A narrow bed for me to lie
(White, O white is the hemlock flower)
Myrtle and jessamine for you
(O the red is fair to see)
For me the cypress and the rue
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