Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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I BOAST NOT. |
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I BOAST NOT.
I boast not of my boundless love for thee;
Who would not love thee upon whom thy smile
Hath shone so brightly and so gloriously,
Their very souls to blind and to beguile?
Who would not love thee upon whom thy smile
Hath shone so brightly and so gloriously,
Their very souls to blind and to beguile?
Who would not love thee, though that smile supreme
Might not for them be shining, since thou art
All that the young enthusiast's richest dream
Hath painted as an idol of the heart.
Might not for them be shining, since thou art
All that the young enthusiast's richest dream
Hath painted as an idol of the heart.
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Who would not make thee as I make thee still,
The sun and centre of each passionate thought,
And know no law so binding as thy will—
And yet confess their worship is as naught.
The sun and centre of each passionate thought,
And know no law so binding as thy will—
And yet confess their worship is as naught.
Who would not prize thee all earth's wealth above!
Oh! who would not with exultation die—
Thou only object of my speechless love!
To live one moment in thy memory?
Oh! who would not with exultation die—
Thou only object of my speechless love!
To live one moment in thy memory?
I boast not of my love for thee—Oh! no;
But blush that it should thus imperfect be
So far thy merits and thy charms below,
Studying to make it ever worthier thee.
But blush that it should thus imperfect be
So far thy merits and thy charms below,
Studying to make it ever worthier thee.
Who would not love thee—who would not resign
All, all for thee—for thee with rapture die—
And hail their death—as I shall soon do mine—
To live one moment in thy memory?
All, all for thee—for thee with rapture die—
And hail their death—as I shall soon do mine—
To live one moment in thy memory?
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