IN CENTRAL PARK
IN Central Park, in softened guise
The children's happy, gladsome cries
Blew o'er the meadow's verdant sheen.
High midst the branches all unseen
The squirrel chattered o'er his prize.
In glinting lake and tender skies
I found the color of your eyes.
And took new pleasure of the scene
In Central Park.
And you, my love, all nature-wise,
Found fresh delight and new surprise
In every leaf and blade of green;
And never knew, nor cared, I ween.
That I that day found Paradise
In Central Park!
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