I will not tell the secrets of that place.
When Madame Blanche returned to us again
I was kneeling there, while Esther kissed my face
And dried and comforted my tears. O vain
And happy tears! O griefs thrice comforted!
I trembled, but not with fear. If I was dumb,
'Twas not for lack of speech where all was said.
My doubts were ended and my fears o'ercome,
And joy had triumphed. Life has given me much
And pleasure much, and Heaven may yet have store
Of nobler hopes to kindle and to touch,
But never for all time, ah, never more,
That delicate dawn of wonder when lips move
First to the love of life and love of love.
Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xlix
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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Poem topics: fear, happy, heaven, joy, time, pleasure, place, speech, face, touch, delicate, dawn, life, never, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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