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ASOLANDO: SUMMUM BONUM by ROBERT BROWNING

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL THE BREATH AND THE BLOOM OF THE YEAR IN THE BAG OF ONE BEE
Last Line: IN THE KISS OF ONE GIRL.
Subject(s): LOVE;

ALL the breath and the bloom of the year in the bag of one bee:
All the wonder and wealth of the mine in the heart of one gem:
In the core of one pearl all the shade and the shine of the sea:
Breath and bloom, shade and shine, -- wonder, wealth, and
-- how far above them --
Truth, that's brighter than gem,
Trust, that's purer than pearl, --
Brightest truth, purest trust in the universe -- all were for me
In the kiss of one girl.



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