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Page 82
And on that cheek , and o'er that brow , So soft , so calm , yet eloquent , The smiles that win , the tints that glow , But tell of days in goodness spent , A mind at peace with all below , A heart whose love is innocent !
And on that cheek , and o'er that brow , So soft , so calm , yet eloquent , The smiles that win , the tints that glow , But tell of days in goodness spent , A mind at peace with all below , A heart whose love is innocent !
Page 348
The Graces naked danced about the place , The winds and trees amazed With silence on her gazed , The flowers did smile , like those upon her face , And as their aspen stalks those fingers band , That she might read my case , A hyacinth ...
The Graces naked danced about the place , The winds and trees amazed With silence on her gazed , The flowers did smile , like those upon her face , And as their aspen stalks those fingers band , That she might read my case , A hyacinth ...
Page 378
... With her heart - quelling son upon you smile , Whose smile , they say , hath virtue to remove All love's dislike , and friendship's faulty guile For ever to assoil ; Let endless peace your steadfast hearts acco And blessèd plenty ...
... With her heart - quelling son upon you smile , Whose smile , they say , hath virtue to remove All love's dislike , and friendship's faulty guile For ever to assoil ; Let endless peace your steadfast hearts acco And blessèd plenty ...
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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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