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... The keen girl - star of golden Juliet bears Light northward to the month whose forehead wears Her name for flower upon it , and his trees Mix their deep English song with Veronese ; And like an awful sovereign chrysolite Burning ...
... The keen girl - star of golden Juliet bears Light northward to the month whose forehead wears Her name for flower upon it , and his trees Mix their deep English song with Veronese ; And like an awful sovereign chrysolite Burning ...
Page 104
What guile is this , that those her golden tresses She doth attire under a net of gold ; And with sly skill so cunningly them dresses , That which is gold or hair , may scarce be told ? Is it that men's frail eyes , which gaze too bold ...
What guile is this , that those her golden tresses She doth attire under a net of gold ; And with sly skill so cunningly them dresses , That which is gold or hair , may scarce be told ? Is it that men's frail eyes , which gaze too bold ...
Page 385
... that seems a virgin best . So well it her beseems , that ye would ween Some angel she had been . Her long loose yellow locks like golden wire , Sprinkled with pearl , and pearling flowers atween , Do like a golden mantle her attire ...
... that seems a virgin best . So well it her beseems , that ye would ween Some angel she had been . Her long loose yellow locks like golden wire , Sprinkled with pearl , and pearling flowers atween , Do like a golden mantle her attire ...
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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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