Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NIGHT POEMS: 3, by CHARLES WILLIAMS


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NIGHT POEMS: 3, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Michal, what wealth of kisses do I owe
Last Line: To bear the fullness of your I am yours!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Old Age; Passion


MICHAL, what wealth of kisses do I owe,
Dropt on my head when it in sleep is yours
And in oblivious comfort cannot know
Through what soft word or touch your passion pours!
Must this new world the pattern of the old
Repeat, with waste of beauty and delight,
My loveliest blessings still to me untold
And even by you forgotten with the night?
O no, they all are caught and gathered up,
Most precious and enduring, and my own,
Pressed in the darkling contents of that cup
Which I shall drink when all things are made known,
And without breaking then my heart endures
To bear the fullness of your I am yours!





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