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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) 32You Said That You Would Die for Me
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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) 32
You Said That You Would Die for Me
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You said that you would die for me, if e'er
That price would buy me happiness. I dreamed
Not of devotion like to that, that seemed
To joy in sacrifice; that, tenderer
Than selfish Life's small immolations were,
Made Love an altar whereupon it deemed
It naught to offer all; a shrine that gleamed
With utter loyalty's red drops. I ne'er
Believed that you were just quite in your head
In saying death would prove Fidelity.
But when I saw the packages of white and red
Your druggist showed me--he's my chum, you see--
I knew you meant, dear heart, just what you said,
When you declared that you would dye for me.
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