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On many harps, which he has lately strung; 

 And then again your dewiness he kisses 

 Tell him I have you in my world of blisses: 

 So haply when I rove in some far vale, 

 His mighty voice may come upon the gale. 



A HOLLYHOCK 



BY FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN 



SERAGLIO of the Sultan Bee! 



I listen at the waxen door, 

 And hear the zithern's melody 



And sound of dancing on the floor. 



WITH A SPRAY OF APPLE BLOSSOMS 



BY WALTER LEARNED 



THE promise of these fragrant flowers, 

 The fruit that 'neath these blossoms lies 



Once hung, they say, in Eden's bowers, 

 And tempted Eve in Paradise. 



O fairest daughter of Eve's blood, 

 Lest her misprision thine should be, 



Fve nipped temptation in the bud 

 And send this snowy spray to thee. 



