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Love Song
Sweep the house clean, hang fresh curtains in the windows put on a new dress and come with me! The elm is scattering its little loaves of sweet smells from a white sky! Who shall hear of us in the time to come? Let him say there was a burst of fragrance from black branches.
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From the Rubaiyat
A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A jug of wine, a Loaf of Bread- and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
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Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul, another lonely soul- Each chasing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal; Then blend they- like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole- And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day.
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The Taxi
When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?
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To My Dear and Loving Husband
If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye woman, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Then while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever.
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,- I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!- and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.