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George J. Dance wrote:

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> A Love Song

> I gave her a rose in early June,
> Fed with the sun and the dew,
> Each petal I said is a note in the tune,
> The rose is the whole tune through and through,
> The tune is the whole red-hearted rose,
> Flush and form, honey and hue,
> Lull with the cadence and throb to the close,
> I love you, I love you, I love you.

> She gave me a rose in early June,
> Fed with the sun and the dew,
> Each petal she said is a mount in the moon,
> The rose is the whole moon through and through,
> The moon is the whole pale-hearted rose,
> Round and radiance, burnish and blue,
> Break in the flood-tide that murmurs and flows,
> I love you, I love you, I love you.

> This is our love in early June,
> Fed with the sun and the dew,
> Moonlight and roses hid in a tune,
> The roses are music through and through,
> The moonlight falls in the breath of the rose,
> Light and cadence, honey and hue,
> Mingle, and murmur, and flow to the close,
> I love you, I love you, I love you.

> ---
> Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947)
> from Lundy's Lane and other poems, 1916

> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-song-duncan-campbell-scott.html

Completely new to me, G.D. and completely good, this fellow knows his poetry..!