A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas |
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... So strong that heaven , could love bid heaven farewell , Would turn to fruitless and unflowering hell ; So sweet that hell , to hell could love be given , Would turn to splendid and sonorous heaven ; Love that is fire within thee ...
... So strong that heaven , could love bid heaven farewell , Would turn to fruitless and unflowering hell ; So sweet that hell , to hell could love be given , Would turn to splendid and sonorous heaven ; Love that is fire within thee ...
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I raised my hands , thanking the gods That in love I had grown so tall I could touch the two lamps in heaven , The sun and moon hanging in the low heaven beneath her face . How great through love had I grown To breathe my flame into the ...
I raised my hands , thanking the gods That in love I had grown so tall I could touch the two lamps in heaven , The sun and moon hanging in the low heaven beneath her face . How great through love had I grown To breathe my flame into the ...
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The angels , not half so happy in Heaven , Went envying her and me : Yes ! that was the reason ( as all men know , In this kingdom by the sea ) That the wind came out of the cloud , chilling And killing my Annabel Lee .
The angels , not half so happy in Heaven , Went envying her and me : Yes ! that was the reason ( as all men know , In this kingdom by the sea ) That the wind came out of the cloud , chilling And killing my Annabel Lee .
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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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