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THE GATE OF DELIGHT: 2. THE FEAST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bring no fragrant sandal-paste
Last Line: All the secret of your tears.
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Memory; Old Age


BRING no fragrant sandal-paste,
Let me gather, Love, instead
The entranced and flowering dust
You have honoured with your tread
For mine eyelids and mine head.

Bring no scented lotus-wreath
Moon-awakened, dew-caressed;
Love, thro' memory's age-long dream
Sweeter shall my wild heart rest
With your foot-prints on my breast.

Bring no pearls from ravished seas,
Gems from rifled hemispheres;
Grant me, Love, in priceless boon
All the sorrow of your years,
All the secret of your tears.





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