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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342082" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The King's Daughter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WE WERE ten maidens in the green corn,<br>Small red leaves in the mill-water:<br>Fairer maidens never were born,<br>Apples of gold for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were ten maidens by a well-head,<br>Small white birds in the mill-water:<br>Sweeter maidens never were wed,<br>Rings of red for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first to spin, the second to sing,<br>Seeds of wheat in the mill-water;<br>The third may was a goodly thing,<br>White bread and brown for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fourth to sew and the fifth to play,<br>Fair green weed in the mill-water;<br>The sixth may was a goodly may,<br>White wine and red for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The seventh to woo, the eighth to wed,<br>Fair thin reeds in the mill-water;<br>The ninth had gold work on her head,<br>Honey in the comb for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ninth had gold work round her hair,<br>Fallen flowers in the mill-water;<br>The tenth may was goodly and fair,<br>Golden gloves for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were ten maidens in a field green,<br>Fallen fruit in the mill-water;<br>Fairer maidens never have been,<br>Golden sleeves for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By there comes the king’s young son,<br>A little wind in the mill-water;<br>“Out of ten maidens ye’ll grant me one,”<br>A crown of red for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Out of ten mays ye’ll give me the best,”<br>A little rain in the mill-water;<br>A bed of yellow straw for all the rest,<br>A bed of gold for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s ta’en out the goodliest,<br>Rain that rains in the mill-water;<br>A comb of yellow shell for all the rest,<br>A comb of gold for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s made her bed to the goodliest,<br>Wind and hail in the mill-water;<br>A grass girdle for all the rest,<br>A girdle of arms for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s set his heart to the goodliest,<br>Snow that snows in the mill-water;<br>Nine little kisses for all the rest,<br>An hundredfold for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’s ta’en his leave at the goodliest,<br>Broken boats in the mill-water;<br>Golden gifts for all the rest,<br>Sorrow of heart for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Ye’ll make a grave for my fair body,”<br>Running rain in the mill-water;<br>“And ye’ll streek my brother at the side of me,”<br>The pains of hell for the king’s daughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Algernon+Charles+Swinburne">Algernon Charles Swinburne</a><div class=q>
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Small red leaves in the mill-water:
Fairer maidens never were born,
Apples of gold for the king’s daughter.

We were ten maidens by a well-head,
Small white birds in the mill-water:
Sweeter maidens never we..."></div>
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