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LOVE IN A LOOK by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: LET ME BUT FEEL THY LOOK'S EMBRACE
Last Line: THY SPIRIT BLENDS WITH MINE.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; LOVE; SIGHT;

LET me but feel thy look's embrace,
Transparent, pure, and warm,
And I'll not ask to touch thy face,
Or fold thee in mine arm.
For in thine eyes a girl doth rise,
Arrayed in candid bliss,
And draws me to her with a charm
More close than any kiss.

A loving-cup of golden wine,
Songs of a silver brook,
And fragrant breaths of eglantine,
Are mingled in thy look.
More fair they are than any star,
Thy topaz eyes divine --
And deep within their trysting-nook
Thy spirit blends with mine.



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