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But words came halting forth , wanting Invention's stay ; Invention , Nature's child , fled step - dame Study's blows ; And others ' feet still seemed but strangers ' in my way . Thus , great with child to speak , and helpless in my ...
But words came halting forth , wanting Invention's stay ; Invention , Nature's child , fled step - dame Study's blows ; And others ' feet still seemed but strangers ' in my way . Thus , great with child to speak , and helpless in my ...
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SIR RICHARD STEELE SO SWEET LOVE SEEMED So sweet love seemed that April morn , When first we kissed beside the thorn , So strangely sweet , it was not strange We thought that love could never change . But I can tell — let truth be ...
SIR RICHARD STEELE SO SWEET LOVE SEEMED So sweet love seemed that April morn , When first we kissed beside the thorn , So strangely sweet , it was not strange We thought that love could never change . But I can tell — let truth be ...
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Eftsoons the nymphs , which now had flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the crystal flood ; Whom when they saw , they stood amazed still , Their wondering eyes to fill ; Them seemed ...
Eftsoons the nymphs , which now had flowers their fill , Ran all in haste to see that silver brood , As they came floating on the crystal flood ; Whom when they saw , they stood amazed still , Their wondering eyes to fill ; Them seemed ...
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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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