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LOVE AFRAID.
I dared not lead my arm around
Her dainty waist;
I dared not seek her lips, that mine
Hunger'd to taste:
I dared not, for such awe I found,
O Love divine!
Her dainty waist;
I dared not seek her lips, that mine
Hunger'd to taste:
I dared not, for such awe I found,
O Love divine!
I trembled as my eager hand
Her light touch graced;
And when her fond look answer'd mine
I dared not haste,
But waited, holding my demand
For farther sign.
Her light touch graced;
And when her fond look answer'd mine
I dared not haste,
But waited, holding my demand
For farther sign.
Sweet mouth, that with so sweet a sound
My dread hath chased,
And to my lips the holy wine,
Love's vintage, placed!
Dear heart, that ever now will bound
Or rest with mine!
My dread hath chased,
And to my lips the holy wine,
Love's vintage, placed!
Dear heart, that ever now will bound
Or rest with mine!
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