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My Love She Lies Gently

My love she lies gently.
Her eyes seem set to me
On something I cannot see.
My love she lies gently.
She lies.

My love she breathes softly
Alabaster carved she seems
With posies in her palms I think.
My love she breathes softly.
She breathes.

My love here beside me
Stirring stone, breathing deep,
Apart but never far from each.
My love here beside me,
Beside me.