| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Cean Dubh Deelish | | By Sir Samuel Ferguson (1810–1886) |
| | | PUT your head, darling, darling, darling, | |
| Your darling black head my heart above; | |
| O mouth of honey, with thyme for fragrance, | |
| Who, with heart in breast, could deny you love? | |
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| O many and many a young girl for me is pining, | 5 |
| 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! | |
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| Then put your head, darling, darling, darling, | |
| Your darling black head my heart above; | 10 |
| O mouth of honey, with thyme for fragrance, | |
| Who with heart in breast could deny you love? | | | | |
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