A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas |
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Page 85
... and the body they are held Against , and the stalk of the small waist rising And flowering in the shape of breasts ; Whether in the bringing of the flowers or the food She offers plenty , and is part of plenty , And whether I see ...
... and the body they are held Against , and the stalk of the small waist rising And flowering in the shape of breasts ; Whether in the bringing of the flowers or the food She offers plenty , and is part of plenty , And whether I see ...
Page 354
How could the trees be beauteous , flowers so gay ? Could they remember but last year , How you did them , they you delight , The sprouting leaves which saw you here , And called their fellows to the sight , Would , looking round for ...
How could the trees be beauteous , flowers so gay ? Could they remember but last year , How you did them , they you delight , The sprouting leaves which saw you here , And called their fellows to the sight , Would , looking round for ...
Page 377
Eftsoons the nymphs , which now had flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the crystal flood ; Whom when they saw , they stood amazed still , Their wondering eyes to fill ; Them seemed ...
Eftsoons the nymphs , which now had flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the crystal flood ; Whom when they saw , they stood amazed still , Their wondering eyes to fill ; Them seemed ...
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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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