Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S FAINTNESS DEFIED, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE



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LOVE'S FAINTNESS DEFIED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Kiss me!
Last Line: Those only died who, loved, made faint return!
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge
Subject(s): Love


KISS me!
Are we not farther from to-day
Than is to-morrow?
Steeped in reality, what love possesses,
Time doth but borrow;
Kiss me!
Canst fear what any voice can say,
When all man's knowledge clearly must be guesses?
Whilst joy is ours, like dogs to gain a bone
They'll fawn on us for what we leave alone.

Clasp me!
Like sands the falling moments close,
Stifling the weary;
To-morrow from to-day no force can sever,
Keep thou but near me.
Clasp me!
Canst shudder at a falling rose,
When folly's proof must be to prate of "ever"?
Whilst joy is ours, they'll seek us out to learn:
Those only died who, loved, made faint return!





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