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EROS by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

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First Line: FILL THE SWIFT DAYS FULL, MY DEAR
Last Line: WHEN THE SUMMER'S WARMTH IS OVER.
Subject(s): LOVE;

FILL the swift days full, my dear,
Since life is fleet;
Love, and hold Love fast, my dear,
He is so sweet --
Sweetest, dearest, fleetest comer,
Fledgling of the sudden summer.

Love, but not too well, my dear!
When skies are gray,
And the autumn winds are here,
Love will away --
Fleetest, vaguest, farthest rover
When the summer's warmth is over.




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