Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Love! thy most true and strong interpreters]
Love! thy most true and strong interpreters,That breathe thine eloquence unanswerably,
These are the blush—the tear—the unbosomed sigh—
The look, that feeling makes so deeply hers!—
These are thine emblems too!—great Love, that stirs
So sweetly in young hearts, is born to die
None can tell wherefore—not himself knows why,
But so it is, experience still avers—
Perchance 'tis well! this world were all too fair
Could lasting love within its sphere be found;
He brings a current of immortal air
Wafted by his enchanted wings around
Where'er he is—sweet dreams of Heaven are there—
But they should soar and spurn each earthly bound!
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