 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
ONCE ONLY.
Once only—the large look beyond the stars,
The glimpse of God in the eternal shore,
As the free heart bursts through its prison bars—
Once only, and no more.
The glimpse of God in the eternal shore,
As the free heart bursts through its prison bars—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the strong grip of earthly things,
When thou art master though the fight be sore,
The mighty sweep as of archangel wings—
Once only, and no more.
When thou art master though the fight be sore,
The mighty sweep as of archangel wings—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the bold leap into the night,
Across the gulf that craven never bore,
When conquering love makes the mid darkness bright—
Once only, and no more.
Across the gulf that craven never bore,
When conquering love makes the mid darkness bright—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the swift bow of pure intents,
That send the certain arrows to the core,
With faith creating its own continents—
Once only, and no more.
That send the certain arrows to the core,
With faith creating its own continents—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the firm plucking from the deep,
The inmost secret of its subtlest ore,
From lands of sunset where the thunders sleep—
Once only and no more.
The inmost secret of its subtlest ore,
From lands of sunset where the thunders sleep—
Once only and no more.
Once only—the firm stand on tops of thought,
Above the strife and garments rolled in gore,
Where deeds heroic out of trust are wrought—
Once only, and no more.
Above the strife and garments rolled in gore,
Where deeds heroic out of trust are wrought—
Once only, and no more.
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Once only—the sure insight into truth,
A beauty nothing mortal ever wore,
In the enchanted walk of wondrous youth—
Once only, and no more.
A beauty nothing mortal ever wore,
In the enchanted walk of wondrous youth—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—triumph over awful odds,
Against the world that vainly tost and tore,
In other vaster days when men were gods—
Once only, and no more.
Against the world that vainly tost and tore,
In other vaster days when men were gods—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the long gaze in maiden eyes,
That leaves thee wiser than mere bookmen's lore,
And with a flash unveils new earth and skies—
Once only, and no more.
That leaves thee wiser than mere bookmen's lore,
And with a flash unveils new earth and skies—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the wild clasp of all the sweet
Warm palpitating grace in woman's store,
When flesh and blood and spirit madly meet—
Once only, and no more.
Warm palpitating grace in woman's store,
When flesh and blood and spirit madly meet—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the soft plea of virgin's voice,
Which as the breath divine went on before,
When thou didst let her make the better choice—
Once only, and no more.
Which as the breath divine went on before,
When thou didst let her make the better choice—
Once only, and no more.
Once only—the white hand in glory waved,
That opened to thee Eden's fiery door,
And from the curse in boundless pity saved—
Once only, and no more.
That opened to thee Eden's fiery door,
And from the curse in boundless pity saved—
Once only, and no more.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |