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Francis Turner

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I could not run or play         In boyhood.         In manhood I could only sip the cup,         Not drink - For scarlet-fever left my heart diseased.         Yet I lie here         Soothed by a secret none but Mary knows:         There is a garden of acacia,         Catalpa trees, and arbors sweet with vines -         There on that afternoon in June         By Mary's side -         Kissing her with my soul upon my lips         It suddenly took flight.

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"I could not run or play..."

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