Dear Black Head

 

Put your head, darling, darling,darling,
Your darling black head my heart above;
Oh, mouth of honey, with the thyme for fragrance,
 Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love?
Oh, many and many a young girl for me is pining,
Letting her locks of gold to the cold wind free,
For me, the foremost of our gay young fellows;
But I'd leave a hundred, pure love, for thee!
Then put your head , darling, darling, darling,
Your darling black head my heart above;
Oh, mouth of honey, with the thyme for fragrance,
Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love?

From the Irish by Sir Samuel Ferguson

Joli Coeur by Rossetti

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