YOUR spoken words are roses fine and sweet, <br />The songs you sing are perfect pearls of sound. <br />How lavish nature is about your feet, <br />To scatter flowers and jewels both around. <br />Blushing the stream of petal beauty flows, <br />Softly the white strings trickle down and shine. <br />Oh! speak to me, my love, I crave a rose. <br />Sing me a song, for I would pearls were mine.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/roses-and-pearls/
