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Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Blue and White

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)

BLUE is Our Lady’s colour,

White is Our Lord’s.

To-morrow I will wear a knot

Of blue and white cords,

That you may see it, where you ride

Among the flashing swords.

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O banner, white and sunny blue,

With prayer I wove thee!

For love the white, for faith the heavenly hue,

And both for him, so tender-true,

Him that doth love me!