By this bridge


For by this bridge my Mary sat 
& praised the screaming plover 
As first to hail the day—when I 
Confessed myself her lover 
& at that moment stooping down 
I pluckt a daisy blossom 
Which smilingly she called her own 
May garland for her bosom 

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Image by my friend #RachelBurch

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