Loving her, Monsignore, I love all her attributes; But I be… - Joyce Kilmer

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Loving her, Monsignore, I love all her attributes; But I believe That even if I did not love her I would love the blueness of her eyes, And her blue garment, made in the manner of the Japanese.

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Alfred Joyce Kilmer (6 December 1886 – 30 July 1918) was an American journalist and poet.

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