When strawberries go begging, and the sleek Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak, We shall live well - we shall live very well. (Elinor Wylie)

When strawberries go begging, and the sleek Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak, We shall live well - we shall live very well.

Elinor Wylie

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