Columbines
Nora Hopper Chesson
1871 to 1906
Track 1
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Columbines for me.
They will watch the roses out,
Ere the bloom is on the bines,
Purple all for lover's pain,
Columbines for me.
(Doves within a nest),
Sing a song of columbines
White and purple-stoled,
(Rose though Chloe be —
Fairer nosegay no lad twines
Sing a song of columbines,
For his Chloe's breast —
White for loyalty,
Take your roses, bring again
What care I if Chloe flout?)
When the nights are cold —
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