A Little Treasury of Love Poems, from Chaucer to Dylan Thomas |
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Page 11
Whate'er delight Can make Day's forehead bright , Or give down to the wings of Night . I wish her store Of worth may leave her poor Of wishes ; and I wish - no more . Now , if Time knows That Her , whose radiant 11 LOVE'S RIDDLES ...
Whate'er delight Can make Day's forehead bright , Or give down to the wings of Night . I wish her store Of worth may leave her poor Of wishes ; and I wish - no more . Now , if Time knows That Her , whose radiant 11 LOVE'S RIDDLES ...
Page 12
Now , if Time knows That Her , whose radiant brows Weave them a garland of my vows ; Her , whose just bays My future hopes can raise , A trophy to her present praise ; Her , that dares be What these lines wish to see ; I seek no further ...
Now , if Time knows That Her , whose radiant brows Weave them a garland of my vows ; Her , whose just bays My future hopes can raise , A trophy to her present praise ; Her , that dares be What these lines wish to see ; I seek no further ...
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Bravo and monk ( the heads and tails of love ) I stand , a spinning coin of wish and dread , Counting our life , our chairs , our books and walls , Our clock whose radium eye and insect voice Owns all our light and shade , and your ...
Bravo and monk ( the heads and tails of love ) I stand , a spinning coin of wish and dread , Counting our life , our chairs , our books and walls , Our clock whose radium eye and insect voice Owns all our light and shade , and your ...
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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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