I COULD not run or play In boyhood.
In manhood I could only sip the cup,
Not drink-- For scarlet-fever left my heart diseased.
Yet I lie here
Soothed by a secret none but Mary knows:
There is a garden of acacia,
Catalpa trees, and arbors sweet with vines--
There on that afternoon in June By Mary's side--
Kissing her with my soul upon my lips
It suddenly took flight.

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Arbor (in 2 documents)
boyhood (in 2 documents)
manhood (in 2 documents)
scarlet (in 2 documents)
Turner (in 2 documents)
disease (in 3 documents)
Francis (in 3 documents)
afternoon (in 4 documents)
fever (in 4 documents)
June (in 4 documents)
Mary (in 8 documents)
cup (in 5 documents)
lip (in 7 documents)

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