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POEMS OF PLEASURE
Poems of Pleasure.
BY
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
AUTHOR OF
“POEMS OF PASSION.” “MAURINE.” “MAL MOULEE” ETC.
CHICAGO:
W. B. Conkey Company.
1897.
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1888.
Copyright By
BELFORD CLARKE & CO.
1892.
Copyright By
MORRILL, HIGGINS & CO.
All rights reserved.
1893.
Copyright By
W. B. CONKEY COMPANY.
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CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Part I. Passional | 7 |
| Part II. Philosophical | 51 |
| Part III. Miscellaneous | 91 |
| Complete list of poems. |
PASSIONAL.
Poems of Pleasure.
SURRENDER.
LOVE, when we met, ’twas like two planets meeting.
Strange chaos followed; body, soul, and heart
Seemed shaken, thrilled, and startled by that greeting.
Old ties, old dreams, old aims, all torn apart
And wrenched away, left nothing there the while
But the great shining glory of your smile.
Strange chaos followed; body, soul, and heart
Seemed shaken, thrilled, and startled by that greeting.
Old ties, old dreams, old aims, all torn apart
And wrenched away, left nothing there the while
But the great shining glory of your smile.
I knew no past; ’twas all a blurred, bleak waste;
I asked no future; ’twas a blinding glare.
I only saw the present: as men taste
Some stimulating wine, and lose all care,
I tasted Love’s elixir, and I seemed
Dwelling in some strange land, like one who dreamed.{10}
I asked no future; ’twas a blinding glare.
I only saw the present: as men taste
Some stimulating wine, and lose all care,
I tasted Love’s elixir, and I seemed
Dwelling in some strange land, like one who dreamed.{10}
It was a godlike separate existence;
Our world was set apart in some fair clime.
I had no will, no purpose, no resistance;
I only knew I loved you for all time.
The earth seemed something foreign and afar,
And we two, sovereigns dwelling in a star!
Our world was set apart in some fair clime.
I had no will, no purpose, no resistance;
I only knew I loved you for all time.
The earth seemed something foreign and afar,
And we two, sovereigns dwelling in a star!
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