Courtship
Graveyards ?
I suppose they are-
Fun.
This fellow down here-
Who-
Whom did he love and-
She ?-
Did she-did she have cruel-
Eyes?
Did she-oh, those trees!
Why do they hunch their backs and-
Sigh?
Did she-and that wind!
What makes him cramp his chest and-
Groan?
And that brook and the moon, those infernal clouds-
Didn't she-didn't she love him at all?
And those white-eyed, white-eyed stones!
Graveyards?
I suppose they are-
When she loves you-
Fun.
Ah, to be able to die!
SIR HOBBLEDEHOY
Hail, all hail, Sir Hobbledehoy,
Smashing pretty white homes
And pretty white lives
And pretty white dreams
And pretty white skies!
Hail, all hail, Sir Hobbledehoy,
Painting pretty red seas
And pretty red fields
And pretty red sins
An pretty red lies!
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