Minuscula Lyrics of Nature, Art and Love. By Francis William Bourdillon |
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What is Love but a Dreamer?
Fluttering, see, from the sunny wall
Shell-pink petals of roses fall,
Wavering on to the glassy stream;
Softer than kisses given in dream
By lips that kiss not in waking day;
Fairy boats, they are borne away;
Airy fancies, that come not again;
Lover's visions, that end in pain.
Shell-pink petals of roses fall,
Wavering on to the glassy stream;
Softer than kisses given in dream
By lips that kiss not in waking day;
Fairy boats, they are borne away;
Airy fancies, that come not again;
Lover's visions, that end in pain.
Well may Love wear wistful eyes!
Well may all love-words end in sighs!
What is Love but a dreamer—his dream
What but a rose-leaf dropped on a stream?
Well may all love-words end in sighs!
What is Love but a dreamer—his dream
What but a rose-leaf dropped on a stream?
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