Wild honey from various thyme By Michael Field [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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MEETING AT BERGAMO |
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MEETING AT BERGAMO
We had parted at Ancona, for there was so much to see—
The Love Temple built about Isotta's tomb at Rimini,
With Correggio's dome of angels he had scarcely time to show:
It was simpler to be candid...When we met at Bergamo,
The Love Temple built about Isotta's tomb at Rimini,
With Correggio's dome of angels he had scarcely time to show:
It was simpler to be candid...When we met at Bergamo,
He was sure we had been happy?—“Oh, most happy!” How it shined
On the solid chestnut-ramparts—[all was just as he divined]
On the grass an emerald instant, on the wide plain at our feet
That we gave our voices' jar to! Suddenly I said, “Be sweet,
On the solid chestnut-ramparts—[all was just as he divined]
On the grass an emerald instant, on the wide plain at our feet
That we gave our voices' jar to! Suddenly I said, “Be sweet,
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Be yourself.”—“I will.” The willing cleared the temples of their spite,
And his eyes were given to me rich in their caressing light;
Dropt the devil, dropt the malice, and I drank his beauty in.
Oh, what seals there are to open—not to open them is sin!
And his eyes were given to me rich in their caressing light;
Dropt the devil, dropt the malice, and I drank his beauty in.
Oh, what seals there are to open—not to open them is sin!
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