A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas |
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If you were queen of pleasure , And I were king of pain , We'd hunt down love together , Pluck out his flying feather , And teach his feet a measure , And find his mouth a rein ; If you were queen of pleasure , And I were king of pain .
If you were queen of pleasure , And I were king of pain , We'd hunt down love together , Pluck out his flying feather , And teach his feet a measure , And find his mouth a rein ; If you were queen of pleasure , And I were king of pain .
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Then , since we mortal lovers are , Ask not how long our love will last ; But while it does , let us take care Each minute be with pleasure passed : Were it not madness to deny To live because we're sure to die ?
Then , since we mortal lovers are , Ask not how long our love will last ; But while it does , let us take care Each minute be with pleasure passed : Were it not madness to deny To live because we're sure to die ?
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We loved , and we loved , as long as we could , Till our love was loved out in us both ; But our marriage is dead when the pleasure is fled ; ' Twas pleasure first made it an oath . If I have pleasures for a friend And further love 396 ...
We loved , and we loved , as long as we could , Till our love was loved out in us both ; But our marriage is dead when the pleasure is fled ; ' Twas pleasure first made it an oath . If I have pleasures for a friend And further love 396 ...
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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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