(idea) by achan Mon Sep 25 2000 at 8:21:28
Ring of gold and milk-white dove
Are goodly gifts for thee,
And a hempen rope for your own love
To hang upon a tree.

For you a house of Ivory,
(Roses are white in the rose bower)!
A narrow bed for me to lie,
(White, O white, is the hemlock flower)!

Myrtle and jessamine for you,
(Oh the red rose is fair to see)!
For me the cypress and the rue,
(Finest of all is rosemary)!

For you three lovers of your hand,
(Green grass where a man lies dead)!
For me three paces on the sand,
(Plant lilies at my head)!


-oscar wilde
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(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:26:18

Chan"son, n. [F., fr. L. cantion song. See Cantion, Canzone.]

A song.

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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