The Dove by John Keats

 The Dove by John Keats 

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I had a dove, and the sweet dove died,

And I have thought it died of gricving;

 O what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied

 With a silken thread of my own hand's weaving:

 Sweet little red feet! Why would you die?

Why would you leave me, sweet bird, why?

 You liv'd alone on the forest tree,

Why, pretty thing, could you not live with me?

I kiss'd you oft, and gave you white peas;

Why not live sweetly as in the green trees?



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