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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 15. RATHER DEEDS THAN WORDS, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography
First Line: You say you love, but I had rather see't
Last Line: But doing, doing, that's the proving part.
Subject(s): Activity; Language; Love; Exercise; Words; Vocabulary
First Line: You say you love, but I had rather see't
Last Line: But doing, doing, that's the proving part.
Subject(s): Activity; Language; Love; Exercise; Words; Vocabulary
YOU say you love, but I had rather see't
Show Love's impressions in a wounded heart;
Words are but wind, and strangers thus may greet.
But doing, doing, that's the proving part.
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