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I found the giant sitting by a country stream, holding a daffodil in his mighty hands and whistling to the birds. I FANCIED GIANT SITTING BY A COUNTRY STREAM HOLDING A DAFFODIL IN HIS MIGHTY HANDS AND WHISTLING TO THE BIRDS
memory of her I had loved, and knew so skilfully to make bloom again among his own red roses those petals of passionate ivory which the fishermen of Lesbos had recovered from the sea." "Tell me of your lovers, Silencieux," said Antony again. "Hundreds of years after, I loved in Florence a young poet with a face of silver. His soul was given to a little red-cheeked girl. She died, and then I took him to my bosom, and loved him on through the years, till his face had grown iron with many sorrows. Now at last, his baby-girl by his side, he sits in heaven, with a face of gold. In Paris," she went on, "have I been wonderfully beloved, and in northern lands near the pole—" "But—England?" said Antony. "Tell me of your English lovers." "Best of them I love two: one a laughing giant who loved me three hundred years ago, and the other a little London boy with large eyes of velvet, who mid all the gloom of your great city saw and loved my face, as none had seen and loved it since she of Mitylene.  ROMAN POET PERHAPS HE LOVED SO WELL THE MEMORY OF HER I HAD LOVED AND KNEW SO SKILFULLY TO MAKE BLOOM AGAIN AMONG HIS OWN RED ROSES THOSE PETALS OF PASSIONATE IVORY WHICH THE FISHERMAN OF LESBOS HAD RECOVERED FROM THE SEA TELL ME OF YOUR LOVERS SULAJO SAID ANTONY AGAIN HUNDREDS OF YEARS AFTER I LOVED IN FLORENCE A YOUNG POET WITH A FACE OF SILVER HIS SOUL WAS GIVEN TO A LITTLE RED CHEEKED GIRL SHE DIED AND THEN I TOOK HIM TO MY BOSOM AND LOVED HIM ON THROUGH THE YEARS TILL HIS FACE HAD GROWN IRON WITH MANY SORROWS NOW AT LAST HIS BABY GIRL BY HIS SIDE HE SITS IN HEAVEN WITH A FACE OF GOLD IN PARIS SHE WENT ON HAVE I BEEN WONDERFULLY BELOVED AND IN THE NORTHERN LANDS NEAR ZEPPOLE BUT ENGLAND SAID ANTHONY TELL ME OF YOUR ENGLISH LOVERS BEST OF THEM I LOVE TWO ONE A LAUGHING GIANT WHO LOVED ME THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND THE OTHER A LITTLE LONDON BOY WITH LARGE EYES OF VELVET WHO MIDDAR THE GLOOM OF YOUR GREAT CITY SAW AND LOVED MY FACE AS NONE HAD SEEN AND LOVED IT SINCE SHE OF MIDDLEEN
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