Poems of sentiment containing An Erring Woman's Love, Love's Supremacy, and Worth While, Etc., Etc |
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“HE THAT LOOKETH” |
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“HE THAT LOOKETH”
Yea! she and I have broken God's command,And in His sight are branded with our shame.
And yet I do not even know her name,
Nor ever in my life have touched her hand
Or brushed her garments. But I chanced to stand
Beside her in the throng! A sweet swift flame
Shot from her flesh to mine—and hers the blame
Of willing looks that fed it; aye, that fanned
The glow within me to a hungry fire.
There was an invitation in her eyes.
Had she met mine with coldness or surprise
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Of amorous thought. The flame leaped high and higher;
Her breath and mine pulsated into sighs,
And soft glance melted into glance kiss-wise,
And in God's sight, both yielded to desire.
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