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CANDIDA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Blue, blue is the summer sky
Last Line: With the rocks forever shall stand.
Subject(s): Love


BLUE, blue is the summer sky,
And her eyes are as blue again;
And when she smiles
Ten thousand miles
Of the bounding main and the rippling bay
Could be crossed as ten in a single day
To glow in her smile again.
And the swallow flits north in the springtide months,
And the swallow flits south in the fall,
But my love for thee, my lily-white maid,
Can never be changed at all.

Red, red is the sunset glow,
And her lips as the cherries are red;
And when she sings
The gushing springs
Of harmonies flow from her silver throat,
Till they seem to grow to the swelling note
From Amphion's flute that fled.
And the tide rises high on the rocky-ribbed shore,
And the tide ebbs low on the sand,
But my love for thee, my lily-white maid,
With the rocks forever shall stand.





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