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LOVER'S SONG by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS

First Line: I THANK THEE, DEAR, FOR WORDS THAT FLEET
Last Line: TOGETHER ON THE EARTH.
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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