Romantic Poetry

Passing Breeze

Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love,O beloved of my heart---this golden light that dances upon the leaves,these…

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One Day in Spring…

One day in spring, a woman cameIn my lonely woods,In the lovely form of the Beloved.Came, to give to my…

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Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt

I dreamt that she sat by my head, tenderly ruffling my hair withher fingers, playing the melody of her touch.…

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Lover’s Gifts XVIII: Your Days

Your days will be full of cares, if you must give me your heart.My house by the cross-roads has its…

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Lover’s Gifts XLVIII: I Travelled the Old Road

I travelled the old road every day, I took my fruits to the market,my cattle to the meadows, I ferried…

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Lover’s Gifts XLII: Are You a Mere Picture

Are you a mere picture, and not as true as those stars, true asthis dust? They throb with the pulse…

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Lover’s Gifts XIX: It Is Written in the Book

It is written in the book that Man, when fifty, must leave thenoisy world, to go to the forest seclusion.…

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Lover’s Gifts XIII: Last Night in the Garden

Last night in the garden I offered you my youth's foaming wine. Youlifted the cup to your lips, you shut…

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Lover’s Gifts V: I Would Ask For Still More

I would ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars,and the world with its endless…

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Lover’s Gifts LVIII: Things Throng and Laugh

Things throng and laugh loud in the sky; the sands and dust danceand whirl like children. Man's mind is aroused…

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