Basambiri, Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa, Nigeria.
I saw a lady sweet and fair,
I saw her wearing white,
With eyes as blue and sweet as care,
She walked the adouring light.
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When your days seem sunless and nights moonless
When the skies that perch above your head is starless
And its crowded clouds cheerless
Rose! Listen to me!
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We are the bleeding battered brambled bushes from the gory gruelsome wars of the Irokos..
We are braaivleies from barbercues of the chefs..
We are the dried gormless gourds the tattlers tattle about..
We hold wine but never drink it, our mastdrs take them from us and leave us empty..
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If beauty be pale
If love feints
And happiness was drunk with ale
If music..mortal hands couldn't paint
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