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... or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers , you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens ( touching skilfully , mysteriously ) her ...
... or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers , you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens ( touching skilfully , mysteriously ) her ...
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Along my sleepless thigh her touch is gentle As the tender underfoot of a small wave . Wrestling in the arms of currents a headland bell Is counting the sea today all day , all day . Her hair is soft before the softer touch That folds ...
Along my sleepless thigh her touch is gentle As the tender underfoot of a small wave . Wrestling in the arms of currents a headland bell Is counting the sea today all day , all day . Her hair is soft before the softer touch That folds ...
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I let it come and go As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow ; It seemed to mean so little , meant so much ; If only now I could recall that touch , First touch of hand in hand – Did one but know ! CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI CHILD AND ...
I let it come and go As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow ; It seemed to mean so little , meant so much ; If only now I could recall that touch , First touch of hand in hand – Did one but know ! CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI CHILD AND ...
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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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