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First Line: I have not played with love as others have
Last Line: And stopped to tame her in some forest glade.
Subject(s): Gays & Lesbians; Love


I have not played with Love as others have
Or smoothed her tangled hair, or kissed her eyes
As she went dancing through the woods of youth
That fringe so closely on to Paradise.

But I have caught the glimmer of her gown
And, though I never touched her, yet I know
Just how she looks, how red her fragrant mouth,
How white her wrists, how soft her slim feet go.

Though she is ever just beyond my reach,
Just slipping softly up some woodland way,
Still have I heard the ripple of her voice,
The careless echo of her laugh at play.

Yes, I have always missed her, yet perhaps
I know her better than the ones who stayed
And stilled her dancing feet and hushed her laugh
And stopped to tame her in some forest glade.





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