Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE YOUNG USURPER, by GEORGE MEREDITH


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First Line: On my darling's bosom
Last Line: To claim it for his own.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Nature Of


ON my darling's bosom
Has dropped a living rosy bud,
Fair as brilliant Hesper
Against the brimming flood.
She handles him,
She dandles him,
She fondles him and eyes him:
And if upon a tear he wakes,
With many a kiss she dries him:
She covets every move he makes,
And never enough can prize him.
Ah, the young Usurper!
I yield my golden throne:
Such angel bands attend his hands
To claim it for his own.





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