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Yet fair are days in summer; and more fair
The growths of human goodness here and there.
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)
To hold the pure delights of brain
Above light loves and sweet champagne.
For, you and I, we did eschew
The egoistic "I" and "you."
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)
Some men sicken, with wine and food;
I starved on dreams, and found them good.
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)
Oh, who can sound the human breast?
And this strange truth must be confessed;
That city do I love the best
Wherein my heart was heaviest!
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)
Scarce friends, not lovers (each avers),
But sexless, safe Philosophers.
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)
Dead love or dead ambition, say,
Which mourn we most?
Not much we weigh
Platonic friends.
A London Plane-tree, and Other Verse (1889)