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A Rhyme
Babe, if rhyme be none
For that sweet small word
Babe, the sweetest one
Ever heard,
For that sweet small word
Babe, the sweetest one
Ever heard,
Right it is and meet
Rhyme should keep not true
Time with such a sweet
Thing as you.
Rhyme should keep not true
Time with such a sweet
Thing as you.
Meet it is that rhyme
Should not gain such grace:
What is April’s prime
To your face?
Should not gain such grace:
What is April’s prime
To your face?
What to yours is May’s
Rosiest smile? what sound
Like your laughter sways
All hearts round?
Rosiest smile? what sound
Like your laughter sways
All hearts round?
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