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| 1 | 1 | A | A fair slim boy not made for this world’s pain, |
| 2 | 2 | With | With hair of gold thick clustering round his ears, |
| 3 | 3 | And longing eyes half veiled by | And longing eyes half veiled by foolish tears |
| 4 | 4 | Like bluest water seen through mists of rain | Like bluest water seen through mists of rain; |
| 5 | 5 | Pale cheeks whereon no | Pale cheeks whereon no kiss hath left its stain, |
| 6 | 6 | Red underlip drawn in for fear of | Red under-lip drawn in for fear of Love, |
| 7 | 7 | And white throat, whiter than the | And white throat, whiter than the breast of dove — |
| 8 | 8 | Alas! alas! if all should be in vain. | |
| 9 | 9 | Corn-fields behind, and reapers all a-row | |
| 10 | 10 | In weariest labour, toiling wearily, | |
| 11 | 11 | To no sweet sound of laughter, or of lute; | |
| 12 | 12 | And careless of the crimson sunset-glow, | |
| 13 | 13 | The boy still dreams; nor knows that night is nigh, | |
| 14 | 14 | And in the night-time no man gathers fruit. |
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