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A SONNET TO YOU by NELLIE DAVIS HANCOCK

First Line: I THRILL BENEATH THE LOVELIGHT IN YOUR EYES
Last Line: AS IN THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE I BASK.
Subject(s): LOVE;

I thrill beneath the lovelight in your eyes,
So warm, and deep, and tender in its glow,
The heart within you seems to overflow,
Until I feel my own responsive rise!
When, folded close within your arms I lie,
Your lips on mine, your breath upon my face,
Ah, surely there could be no sweeter place!
There could I rest content until I die.
There all life's sorrows seem to melt away,
And you, beloved, fill its every need,
As on your love my hungry soul must feed.
No dearer boon my heart shall ever ask,
Than loving service I may always pay,
As in the sunshine of your love I bask.



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