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Page 68
The poet speaks but to her dead ears no more The sleek throat is gone — and the breast that was troubled to listen Shadow from door Therefore I will not praise your knees nor your fine walking Telling you men shall remember your name as ...
The poet speaks but to her dead ears no more The sleek throat is gone — and the breast that was troubled to listen Shadow from door Therefore I will not praise your knees nor your fine walking Telling you men shall remember your name as ...
Page 214
UPON THE NIPPLES OF JULIA'S BREAST HAVE ye beheld ( with much delight ) A red rose peeping through a white ? Or else a cherry ( double grac'd ) Within a lily ? Centre plac'd ? Or ever mark'd the pretty beam , A strawberry shows half ...
UPON THE NIPPLES OF JULIA'S BREAST HAVE ye beheld ( with much delight ) A red rose peeping through a white ? Or else a cherry ( double grac'd ) Within a lily ? Centre plac'd ? Or ever mark'd the pretty beam , A strawberry shows half ...
Page 344
... black branches of the wood ; And now , being tired , Being tired now and worn enough for rest , Would it not be safe , would it not be very good Tonight , to find it in your breast , In your wise breast where this is understood ?
... black branches of the wood ; And now , being tired , Being tired now and worn enough for rest , Would it not be safe , would it not be very good Tonight , to find it in your breast , In your wise breast where this is understood ?
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Contents
SONG | 7 |
GO LOVELY ROSE Edmund Waller | 8 |
THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES F W Bourdillon | 14 |
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arms beauty birds body breast breath bright cheeks close cold comes dark dead dear death delight desire doth dream ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes face fair fall fear fire flame flowers gentle give gold golden gone grace grow hair hand happy hath head hear heart heaven hope hour JOHN keep kiss lady leave light lips live look love thee love's lovers mind morning move never night once pain pity play pleasure poems praise rest ROBERT rose seemed shadow shine sigh sight silent sing sleep smile soft song soul sound speak spring stars sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou thought touch tree true truth turn unto voice wind wings wish young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas Little treasury series |
| Editor | John Holmes |
| Compiled by | John Holmes |
| Illustrated by | Johannes Troyer |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1950 |
| Length | 523 pages |
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