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I said to the rose , “ The brief night goes In babble and revel and wine . O young lord - lover , what sighs are those , For one that will never be thine ? But mine , but mine , " so I sware to the rose , “ Forever and ever , mine .
I said to the rose , “ The brief night goes In babble and revel and wine . O young lord - lover , what sighs are those , For one that will never be thine ? But mine , but mine , " so I sware to the rose , “ Forever and ever , mine .
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The slender acacia would not shake One long milk - bloom on the tree ; The white lake - blossom fell into the lake As the pimpernel dozed on the lea ; But the rose was awake all night for your Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and ...
The slender acacia would not shake One long milk - bloom on the tree ; The white lake - blossom fell into the lake As the pimpernel dozed on the lea ; But the rose was awake all night for your Knowing your promise to me ; The lilies and ...
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ROSE AYLMER Ah , what avails the sceptred race ! Ah , what the form divine ! What every virtue , every gracel Rose Aylmer , all were thine . Rose Aylmer , whom these wakeful eyes May weep , but never see , A night of memories and sighs ...
ROSE AYLMER Ah , what avails the sceptred race ! Ah , what the form divine ! What every virtue , every gracel Rose Aylmer , all were thine . Rose Aylmer , whom these wakeful eyes May weep , but never see , A night of memories and sighs ...
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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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