Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914.
By Charles Warren StoddardMadrigal
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The sweetest of sweet creatures;
I pass that way with my good book,
But cannot read, nor cease to look
Upon her winsome features.
Her small white hand reposes,
I am a shepherd, for I seek
That willful lamb, with fleece so sleek,
Feeding among the roses.