To Florence - Italian Folk Songs

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To Florence
Florence (Tuscany)

I.
IF all God's world a garden were,
And women were but flowers;
If men were bees that busied there
Through all the summer hours, —
Oh! I would hum God's garden through,
For honey, till I came to you.
II.
Then I should hive within your hair,
Its sun and gold together;
And I should bide in glory there,
Through all the changeful weather.
Oh! I should sip but one, this one
Sweet flower underneath the sun.
III.
Oh! I would be a king, and coin
Your golden hair for money;
And I would only have to seek
Your lips for hoards of honey.
Oh! I would be the richest king
That ever wore a signet–ring.
Florence, 1874.

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Miller, Joaquin. Songs of Italy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878. 81-82

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