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Lyrics of Nature, Art and Love. By Francis William Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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Part I Art and Nature
II.
Part II Love
III.
Part III Man's Love
IV.
Part IV Maiden's Love
The Story of the Rose
To-day He Loves Me
“Si vous croyez que je vais dire.”
Ce que vivent les Roses.
I and You
A Woman's Question
Not in Naxos
A Story heard on a Violin
A Revolt
Planctus Displicentis
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A Rippled Stone
Sands
, forsaken, keep
The impress of sea-kisses;
As lovers' lips in sleep
Repeat the day's caresses.
And often hearts hard-grown,
Deep-hidden and discerned not,
Have kept the tale in stone
Of love-tides that returned not.
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