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 Irony by David Herbert Lawrence 
						Always, sweetheart,Carry into your room the blossoming boughs of cherry,
 Almond and apple and pear diffuse with light, that very
 Soon strews itself on the floor; and keep the radiance of spring
 Fresh quivering; keep the sunny-swift March-days waiting
 In a little throng at your door, and admit the one who is plaiting
 Her hair for womanhood, and play awhile with her, then bid her depart.
 
 A come and go of March-day loves
 Through the flower-vine, trailing screen;
 A fluttering in of doves.
 Then a launch abroad of shrinking doves
 Over the waste where no hope is seen
 Of open hands:
 Dance in and out
 Small-bosomed girls of the spring of love,
 With a bubble of laughter, and shrilly shout
 Of mirth; then the dripping of tears on your glove.
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