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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVER'S SONG, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poet's Biography
First Line: I thank thee, dear, for words that fleet
Last Line: Together on the earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): God
First Line: I thank thee, dear, for words that fleet
Last Line: Together on the earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): God
I THANK thee, dear, for words that fleet,
For looks that long endure,
For all caresses simply sweet
And passionately pure;
For blushes mutely understood,
For silence and for sighs,
For all the yearning womanhood
Of grey love-laden eyes.
Oh how in words to tell the rest?
My bird, my child, my dove!
Behold I render best for best,
I bring thee love for love.
Oh give to God the love again
Which had from him its birth,—
Oh bless him, for he sent the twain
Together on the earth.
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