Love poems from the works of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; . L I ?< V- \5 i^ililllt: ?^^ ii. ^jt^A^ »ni/<^ * a ..jp^^ -^f7^;. Rose Maiden Paul Thumann Dear rose without a thorn. ^^m. J m LOVE POEMS S7 & KVft jf rom dramatic Upvitsi WOMEN AND ROSESI. T DREAM of a red-rose tree. And which of its roses threeIs the dearest rose to me } Round and round, Uke a dance of snowIn a dazzhng drift, as its guardians, goFloating the women faded for ages,Sculptured in stone, on the poets follow women fresh and gay,Living and loving and loved , in the rear, flee t

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Love poems from the works of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning; . L I ?< V- \5 i^ililllt: ?^^ ii. ^jt^A^ »ni/<^ * a ..jp^^ -^f7^;. Rose Maiden Paul Thumann Dear rose without a thorn. ^^m. J m LOVE POEMS S7 & KVft jf rom dramatic Upvitsi WOMEN AND ROSESI. T DREAM of a red-rose tree. And which of its roses threeIs the dearest rose to me } Round and round, Uke a dance of snowIn a dazzhng drift, as its guardians, goFloating the women faded for ages,Sculptured in stone, on the poets follow women fresh and gay,Living and loving and loved , in the rear, flee the multitude of yet unborn. And all, to one cadence,They circle their rose on my rose tree. rose, thy term is reached,TTiy leaf hangs loose and bleached:Beec pass it unimpeached. then, stoop, since I cannot climb,You, great shapes of the antique time!How shall I fix you, fire you, freeze you,Break my heart at your feet to please you ?Oh, to possess and be possessed!Hearts that beat neath each pallid breast!Once but of love, the poesy, the but once and die!—In vain, the same fashion,They cir

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