The Kingdom of Love by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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About May
Vanity Fair The Giddy Girl A Girl's Autumn Reverie His Youth Under The Sheet A Pin The Coming Man THE KINGDOM OF LOVE In the dawn of the day when the sea and the earth Reflected the sunrise above, I set forth with a heart full of courage and mirth To seek for the Kingdom of Love. I asked of a Poet I met on the way Which cross-road would lead me aright; And he said "Follow me, and ere long you shall see Its glittering turrets of light." And soon in the distance a city shone fair. "Look yonder," he said; "How it gleams!" But alas! for the hopes that were doomed to despair, It was only the "Kingdom of Dreams." Then the next man I asked was a gay Cavalier, And he said: "Follow me, follow me"; |
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