Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 1. CANTO 1. PRELUDE. LOVE'S REALITY, by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE


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THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE: BOOK 1. CANTO 1. PRELUDE. LOVE'S REALITY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I walk, I trust, with open eyes
Last Line: Its odour quickens all my brain.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


I walk, I trust, with open eyes;
I've travell'd half my worldly course;
And in the way behind me lies
Much vanity and some remorse;
I've lived to feel how pride may part
Spirits, tho' match'd like hand and glove;
I've blush'd for love's abode, the heart;
But have not disbelieved in love;
Nor unto love, sole mortal thing
Of worth immortal, done the wrong
To count it, with the rest that sing,
Unworthy of a serious song;
And love is my reward; for now,
When most of dead'ning time complain,
The myrtle blooms upon my brow,
Its odour quickens all my brain.





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