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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEDICATION TO ***, by JOHN CHALK CLARIS
First Line: Not that within thy beauteous bosom heaves
Last Line: Of which—alas, have I not felt the power?
Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, Arthur
First Line: Not that within thy beauteous bosom heaves
Last Line: Of which—alas, have I not felt the power?
Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, Arthur
NOT that within thy beauteous bosom heaves
A heart to comprehend or answer mine,
Not that our 'kindred' souls united twine
In that soft thread of sympathy which weaves
The web of blessed affection, are these leaves,—
Perhaps an unprized offering,—at thy shrine
Presented; but in token that though thine
May change or cool, my spirit clings and cleaves
To what it once hath cherished, though in vain:
And thus delights to mingle with the strain
With which I soothed too many a tedious hour
Which kept me from thy then inviting arms,
Some tribute to those soul-subduing charms
Of which—alas, have I NOT felt the power?
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