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IF I should look for the time o' day / On the rose's dial red, / I would think it was just the sunrise hour, / From the flush of its petals spread.
And if I would tell by the lily-bell, / I would think it was calm, white noon; / And the violet's blue would tell by its hue / Of the evening coming soon.
But when I would know by my lady's face, / I am all perplexed the while; / For it's always starlight by her eyes, / And sunlight by her smile.