Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEGREES OF LOVE, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS


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First Line: When your eyes opened to my eyes
Last Line: Hatred of love for loving me.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


When your eyes opened to my eyes,
Without desire, without surprise,
I knew your soul awoke to see
All, dreams foretold, but could not be,
Yet loving love, not loving me.

When your eyes drooped before my eyes,
As though some secret made them wise,
Some wisdom veiled them secretly,
I knew your heart began to be
In love with love, in love with me.

When your eyes fawned against my eyes,
With beaten hunger, and with cries,
In bitter pride's humility,
Love, wholly mine, had come to be
Hatred of love for loving me.





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