Underneath an apple-tree
Sat a maiden and her lover;
And the thoughts within her he
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Underneath an apple-tree
Sat a maiden and her lover;
And the thoughts within her he
Yearned, in silence, to discover.
Round them danced the sunbeams bright,
Green the grass-lawn stretched before them
While the apple blossoms white
Hung in rich profusion o'er them.

All day in the green sunny orchard
When May was a marvel of bloom,
I followed the read more

All day in the green sunny orchard
When May was a marvel of bloom,
I followed the busy bee-lovers
Down path that were sweet with perfume.