Dramatic Scenes With Other Poems, Now First Printed. By Barry Cornwall [i.e. Bryan Waller Procter]. Illustrated |
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[Sick am I, sweet love, to-day]
Sick am I, sweet love, to-day;
Weary, wandering have I been,
Led astray by dreams and visions
Thro' the wild weird forest green.
Weary, wandering have I been,
Led astray by dreams and visions
Thro' the wild weird forest green.
Let thy white hand fall on me,
Gently, like the alighting dove,
Scarcely felt, yet bearing with it,
Oh!—a world of love!
Gently, like the alighting dove,
Scarcely felt, yet bearing with it,
Oh!—a world of love!
Let thy smiles be mine,—and tears,
And kisses, crimsoning like the West,
When the sun and breezes tremble
In the rose's breast.
And kisses, crimsoning like the West,
When the sun and breezes tremble
In the rose's breast.
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So shall I revive,—and sing,
As I sang when young and free,
All the tenderer notes dissolving
In a hymn to thee!
As I sang when young and free,
All the tenderer notes dissolving
In a hymn to thee!
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