A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas |
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JOHN DONNE TO HIS MISTRESS My light thou art , without thy glorious sight My eyes are darkened with eternal night ; My love , thou art my way , my life , my light . Thou art my way , I wander if thou fly ; Thou art my light , if hid ...
JOHN DONNE TO HIS MISTRESS My light thou art , without thy glorious sight My eyes are darkened with eternal night ; My love , thou art my way , my life , my light . Thou art my way , I wander if thou fly ; Thou art my light , if hid ...
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Therefore thou waked'st me wisely ; yet My dream thou brok'st not , but continued'st it . Thou art so true that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths and fables histories ; Enter these arms , for since thou thought'st it best ...
Therefore thou waked'st me wisely ; yet My dream thou brok'st not , but continued'st it . Thou art so true that thoughts of thee suffice To make dreams truths and fables histories ; Enter these arms , for since thou thought'st it best ...
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“ ' If thou be foul , I shall make thee clean ; If thou be sick , I shall thee heal ; If thou mourn aught , I shall thee mene ; Why wilt thou not , fair love , with me deal ? Foundest thou ever love so leal ? What wouldst thou , spouse ...
“ ' If thou be foul , I shall make thee clean ; If thou be sick , I shall thee heal ; If thou mourn aught , I shall thee mene ; Why wilt thou not , fair love , with me deal ? Foundest thou ever love so leal ? What wouldst thou , spouse ...
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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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