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TELL HER - WHAT? 1 Tell her - what?... Ah,! win her admiration With not much to say; Something - of general truths: as that day And night mean the earth's full rotation! 2 That... during a single pulse-rate The earth orbits through millions of miles The axis poles eternally grate: ' Time - stirs the void - 3 That a year - means whole nature's tremor, That the seasons - not simply How waters melt and freeze And that a heart beats for only an hour. 4 Tell her that... ...then discuss the weather Where is it warmer ? Colder where ? And add - what the fashion is this year And not a word more. 1868 |