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LOVE CONTENT
I would not shorten if I might
By one sweet hour the hours that stand
Betwixt me and my heart's delight.
By one sweet hour the hours that stand
Betwixt me and my heart's delight.
May and the lilac in the land,
All rapturous sounds, and scents at night,
The days spill out their golden sand.
All rapturous sounds, and scents at night,
The days spill out their golden sand.
Sweet is the garden, white with bloom,
Heavy with honey, drenched with scent,
Wherein a bride awaits her groom.
Heavy with honey, drenched with scent,
Wherein a bride awaits her groom.
In a most measureless content.
With gold and white day fills the loom,
And soon the moon-gold nights are spent.
With gold and white day fills the loom,
And soon the moon-gold nights are spent.
I would not shorten by an hour
The hours wherein I wait for you
With Love and all the world in flower.
The hours wherein I wait for you
With Love and all the world in flower.
So sweet, so sweet in sun and dew.
It is the hour of Love's full power,
Yet come, and make my world anew!
It is the hour of Love's full power,
Yet come, and make my world anew!
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