Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
More quotes by Edmund Gosse
What curled and scented sun-girls, almond-eyed,
With lotos-blossoms in their hands and hair.
I watch his rough hands meet beneath her hair,
Their broken speech sounds sweet to me like prayer.
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And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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