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I long for sunshine, such as there must be
In Egypt, blazing on the native Fellah;
I see no sun or sky, I only see
My own Umbrella!
"No sun, no moon," as HOOD wrote long ago,
"No sky," no star--called, by the Romans, _stella_--
Like negative November here below,
My own Umbrella!
Think not of "AMARYLLIS in the shade"!
Can I play tennis in the rain with BELLA,
Holding aloft, while through the flood I wade,
My own Umbrella?
I'm sick of sitting in the Club to scoff;
I'll take a walk. Hang me! Some English "fellah"
Has left his rotten gamp, and carried off
My own Umbrella!
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