The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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| LXIII. | LXIII. MUTUAL LOVE
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LXIII. MUTUAL LOVE
The strength of man first storms the heart:
But in the end the woman gives as well.
Man's love first plays its urgent part;
Man's passion sweeps wide-winged o'er valley and fell.
But in the end the woman gives as well.
Man's love first plays its urgent part;
Man's passion sweeps wide-winged o'er valley and fell.
First man pursues. With strength he seeks:
For months he deems that no response is there.
Then, on a sudden, rose-red cheeks!—
He laughs, and kisses lips and throat and hair.
For months he deems that no response is there.
Then, on a sudden, rose-red cheeks!—
He laughs, and kisses lips and throat and hair.
This is love's reciprocity divine.
Man loves,—and thinks the woman cold:
But her pure heart is learning line by line
Love-lore it may not yet unfold.
Man loves,—and thinks the woman cold:
But her pure heart is learning line by line
Love-lore it may not yet unfold.
Wait. Let the love-god slowly win the heart.
One day the soft eyes full of tears
Will speak a message past the reach of Art;
Yet he may understand who hears.
One day the soft eyes full of tears
Will speak a message past the reach of Art;
Yet he may understand who hears.
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