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THE QUARREL SUDDENLY , after the quarrel , while we waited , Disheartened , silent , with downcast looks , nor stirred Eyelid nor finger , hopeless both , yet hoping Against all hope to unsay the sundering word : While all the room's ...
THE QUARREL SUDDENLY , after the quarrel , while we waited , Disheartened , silent , with downcast looks , nor stirred Eyelid nor finger , hopeless both , yet hoping Against all hope to unsay the sundering word : While all the room's ...
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Tis a brave master ; Let it have scope : Follow it utterly , Hope beyond hope : High and more high It dives into noon , With wing unspent , Untold intent ; But it is a god , Knows its own path And the outlets of the sky .
Tis a brave master ; Let it have scope : Follow it utterly , Hope beyond hope : High and more high It dives into noon , With wing unspent , Untold intent ; But it is a god , Knows its own path And the outlets of the sky .
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All impulses of soul and sense Had thrilld my guileless Genevieve ; The music and the doleful tale , The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes , and fears that kindle hope , An undistinguishable throng , And gentle wishes long subdued ...
All impulses of soul and sense Had thrilld my guileless Genevieve ; The music and the doleful tale , The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes , and fears that kindle hope , An undistinguishable throng , And gentle wishes long subdued ...
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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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