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... That wrought the whole world without stroke of hand , Shaping the breadth of sea , the length of land , And with the pulse and motion of his breath Through the great heart of the earth strikes life and death The sweet twain chords ...
... That wrought the whole world without stroke of hand , Shaping the breadth of sea , the length of land , And with the pulse and motion of his breath Through the great heart of the earth strikes life and death The sweet twain chords ...
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Your hands once touched this table and this silver , And I have seen your fingers hold this glass . ... CONRAD AIKEN TO MYRA I , WITH whose colors Myra dressed her head , I , that wear posies of her own hand - making , I , that mine own ...
Your hands once touched this table and this silver , And I have seen your fingers hold this glass . ... CONRAD AIKEN TO MYRA I , WITH whose colors Myra dressed her head , I , that wear posies of her own hand - making , I , that mine own ...
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WHEN I HAVE SEEN BY TIME'S FELL HAND DEFACED 11 I WHEN I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I ...
WHEN I HAVE SEEN BY TIME'S FELL HAND DEFACED 11 I WHEN I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age ; When sometime lofty towers I see down - razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage ; When I ...
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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
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| 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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