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Love

by E. F. Hayward

Take the perfume of the rose,
Take the gentlest breeze that blows,
Take the sweetest of your dreams,
Take the sparkling mountain streams,
Take the honey from a flower,
Take the warm midsummer shower,
Take the songs the angels sing,
Take the clearest bells that ring,
Take the sweetest voice you've heard,
Take the warble of a bird,
Take the brightest star that shines,
Take the odor of the pines,
Take the joy of lover's kiss,
Take a peep at perfect bliss,
Take the sparkle of a gem,
Take, I say, take all of them;
Everything I've named above,
And they spell the one word, "LOVE."

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