(from Ode to Melancholy)
Red rose
Black as midnight
Shall you oppose
With thy love I sail feather light
Red rose
Who art thou
I mean not impose
I only mean to love thee true
Red rose
That I could surpass thy wall
Though maybe it's mine I ought to depose
I am benighted on what's to befall
Red rose
Could thou really desire me
When I have nothing to expose
Will thou venture my deepest sea
Red rose
I admire thy sweetness
And everything else I suppose
Erstwhile let my heart thy eye caress
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