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ONE WAY OF LOVE.

1.
All June I bound the rose in sheaves.
Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves,
And strew them where Pauline may pass.
She will not turn aside? Alas!
Let them lie. Suppose they die?
The chance was they might take her eye.

2.
How many a month I strove to suit
These stubborn fingers to the lute!