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MAKE HASTE , SWEET LOVE > FRESH spring , the herald of love's mighty king , In whose coat armour richly are display'd All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously array'd . Go to my love , where she is ...
MAKE HASTE , SWEET LOVE > FRESH spring , the herald of love's mighty king , In whose coat armour richly are display'd All sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring In goodly colours gloriously array'd . Go to my love , where she is ...
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In vain you strive with all your art , By turns to freeze and fire my heart : When I behold a face so fair , So sweet a look , so soft an air , My ravished soul is charmed all o'er , I cannot love thee less nor more .
In vain you strive with all your art , By turns to freeze and fire my heart : When I behold a face so fair , So sweet a look , so soft an air , My ravished soul is charmed all o'er , I cannot love thee less nor more .
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SWEET AFTON Flow gently , sweet Afton ! among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream .
SWEET AFTON Flow gently , sweet Afton ! among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream , Flow gently , sweet Afton , disturb not her dream .
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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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