After a Reading
For the seven times seventh time love would renew the
delight without end or alloy
That it takes in the praise as it takes in the presence of
eyes that fulfil it with joy;
But how shall it praise them and rest unrebuked by the
presence and pride of the boy?
delight without end or alloy
That it takes in the praise as it takes in the presence of
eyes that fulfil it with joy;
But how shall it praise them and rest unrebuked by the
presence and pride of the boy?
Praise meet for a child is unmeet for an elder whose
winters and springs are nine:
What song may have strength in its wings to expand
them, or light in its eyes to shine,
That shall seem not as weakness and darkness if matched
with the theme I would fain make mine?
winters and springs are nine:
What song may have strength in its wings to expand
them, or light in its eyes to shine,
That shall seem not as weakness and darkness if matched
with the theme I would fain make mine?
The round little flower of a face that exults in the sun-
shine of shadowless days
Defies the delight it enkindles to sing of it aught not
unfit for the praise
Of the sweetest of all things that eyes may rejoice in and
tremble with love as they gaze.
shine of shadowless days
Defies the delight it enkindles to sing of it aught not
unfit for the praise
Of the sweetest of all things that eyes may rejoice in and
tremble with love as they gaze.
Such tricks and such meanings abound on the lips and
the brows that are brighter than light,
The demure little chin, the sedate little nose, and the
forehead of sun-stained white,
That love overflows into laughter and laughter subsides
into love at the sight.
the brows that are brighter than light,
The demure little chin, the sedate little nose, and the
forehead of sun-stained white,
That love overflows into laughter and laughter subsides
into love at the sight.
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