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... once more Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss : I propped her head up as before , Only , this time my shoulder bore Her head , which droops upon it still : The smiling rosy little head , So glad it has its utmost will , That all it ...
... once more Blushed bright beneath my burning kiss : I propped her head up as before , Only , this time my shoulder bore Her head , which droops upon it still : The smiling rosy little head , So glad it has its utmost will , That all it ...
Page 328
... once with only beauty ; and her mouth Was as a rose athirst that pants for drouth Even while it laughs for pleasure of desire , And all her heart was as a leaping fire . Yet once more joy they took of woodland ways Than came of all ...
... once with only beauty ; and her mouth Was as a rose athirst that pants for drouth Even while it laughs for pleasure of desire , And all her heart was as a leaping fire . Yet once more joy they took of woodland ways Than came of all ...
Page 374
... Once the terrors of his hoof Risked a second time reproof , Came a second time and lived , Not a serpent in its skin Came again for discipline ; Not a leopard bright as flame , Flashing fingerhooks of steel That a wooden tree might feel ...
... Once the terrors of his hoof Risked a second time reproof , Came a second time and lived , Not a serpent in its skin Came again for discipline ; Not a leopard bright as flame , Flashing fingerhooks of steel That a wooden tree might feel ...
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