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A Ring Posy

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Jess and Jill are pretty girls,         Plump and well to do,     In a cloud of windy curls:         Yet I know who     Loves me more than curls or pearls.     I'm not pretty, not a bit -         Thin and sallow-pale;     When I trudge along the street         I don't need a veil:     Yet I have one fancy hit.     Jess and Jill can trill and sing         With a flute-like voice,     Dance as light as bird on wing,         Laugh for careless joys:     Yet it's I who wear the ring.     Jess and Jill will mate some day,         Surely, surely:     Ripen on to June through May,     While the sun shines make their hay,         Slacken steps demurely:     Yet even there I lead the way.

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