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Love-Songs

By George Barlow

Barlow, George

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DAISY'S THIMBLE.

TO THE UNIVERSE GOD.

THE LAST FAREWELL.

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I.

I. AN EARTH-SONG.

II.

II. A BRIDAL-CHANT.

III.

III. THE EMIGRANT'S SONG.

IV.

IV. THE DEAD MEN'S SONG.

V.

V. THE WIFE'S RETURN.

VI.

VI. GOOD-NIGHT.

VII.

VII. BEYOND THE YEARS!

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BRUISED BLOSSOMS.

THE LILY AND THE ROSE.

THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS.

CRIMSON AND MANY FLOWERS.

A WOMAN'S BLOOM.

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THOSE SUMMER NIGHTS.

SWEET FANCY'S HAND.

A FAR-OFF HILL.

WITH WHITER PLUMES.

LOVE AND HONOUR.

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THE MAGIC OF MEMORY.

I.

II.

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THIS AFTERNOON.

LOVE'S CRUELTY.

AND SHALL I SEE YOU?

WHERE THOU ART, SWEET.

EVEN AS THE DOVE.

ODE TO ENGLAND.

TO THEE, SWEET.

A FAREWELL TO POETRY.

TO ELLA DIETZ: POET AND ACTRESS.

TO KATHLEEN GORDON, GIRL-GENIUS.

GOD AND BEAUTY.

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I.

I. THE CHRISTS OF THE AGES.

II.

II. THE CRUCIFIXION OF MANHOOD.

III.

III. THE CRUCIFIXION OF WOMANHOOD.

SO HE CEASED TO BELIEVE IN MAN.

SO HE ENTERED THE CHURCH OF ROME.

CHRIST AND WOMAN.

TO GERTRUDE ENTERING A CONVENT.

A WHITE ROSE IN NOVEMBER.

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AND SHALL I SEE YOU?

And shall I see you, sweet, and are you still
Soft and as white and gentle as before?
And doth the moon still beam along the shore
With tender eyes and yellow rays that thrill
The pebbles and the yearning foam, and spill
Their passionate effulgence more and more?
Sweet, thou shalt lay thine hand upon the sore
Heart-spot of parting, and thine eyes shall fill
The cup of my strong being till it yearns
And trembles into air and overflows:
Even as the sun's imperious mandate turns
The bending face and body of a rose
Upward—till every petal doth unclose,
Blushing, and every vein and fibre burns.