Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
I LOVE THEE, SURELY. |
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I LOVE THEE, SURELY.
I love thee, surely more and more,
Increasing still, increasing fast
My feeling's proud and precious store!
Crowning the Present with the Past!
Increasing still, increasing fast
My feeling's proud and precious store!
Crowning the Present with the Past!
All my past love is with me still,
And fresh devotion's strength beside;
When, when shall fate the measure fill?—
Never!—the soul and love are wide.
And fresh devotion's strength beside;
When, when shall fate the measure fill?—
Never!—the soul and love are wide.
The soul for ever more and more,
Shall her quick depths of feeling send,
And Love, with an exhaustless store—
Shall still enrich her without end!
Shall her quick depths of feeling send,
And Love, with an exhaustless store—
Shall still enrich her without end!
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Thus ever may I proudly boast
A passion still increased, improved—
When shall I ever love thee most?
Never—yet ever—my Beloved!
A passion still increased, improved—
When shall I ever love thee most?
Never—yet ever—my Beloved!
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