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SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 32. 'LO! ONE CALLS', by                    
First Line: Oh, though the wife be close by day, by night
Last Line: "passion's sweet god be with them both!"" I say."
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form)


Oh, though the wife be close by day, by night,
And though the husband gaze within her eyes,
And though his hand upon her bosom lies,
And though her body wonderful and white
Be spread before him for a common sight,
And though her passive lips towards his lips rise,—
Love round about the sleepers mocking flies
And flashes laughter from his glances bright!

Not all these things shall hold her.—Lo! one calls,
And wrapped in silent cloak anigh the door
She stands,—and the soft moon-rays round her pour;
Now, close beside, her lover's footstep falls,
And towards the lakeside bower they wend their way:
"Passion's sweet God be with them both!" I say.





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