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MESSENGER Copyright
1928 by J. Harris
Welsh
NOVEMBER, 1928
DUET FOR TWO LUTES BRUCE MoRRISSEITE
I Whole-heartedly we kissed the loveliness That Summer feigned in ardent coquetry, And shunned high traffickings and sombre dress To revel in an instant's mimicry Of puppets posturing appropriately In flattery of the lady's symmetry .
II Whole-heartedly we miss the loveliness We scorned in mocking over-hastily , Content to ape a fleeting happiness In large sophisticated irony, And must perforce repent decorously,And sing, lutes out, this dirge accordingly.
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