Sonnet XXXVIII: First Time He Kissed Me (Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems)
First time he kissed me, he but only kissedThe finger of this hand wherewith I write;And ever since, it grew ...
First time he kissed me, he but only kissedThe finger of this hand wherewith I write;And ever since, it grew ...
I thought once how Theocritus had sungOf the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years,Who each one in a gracious ...
I never gave a lock of hair awayTo a man, dearest, except this to thee,Which now upon my fingers thoughtfully,I ...
I thought once how Theocritus had sung Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in ...
I 'But where do you go?' said the lady, while both sat under the yew, And her eyes were alive ...
TRUE genius, but true woman ! dost deny The woman's nature with a manly scorn And break away the gauds ...
Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear Too calm and sad a face in front of thine; For we ...
I lift my heavy heart up solemnly, As once Electra her sepulchral urn, And, looking in thine eyes, I overturn ...
I thought once how Theocritus had sung Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in ...
I never gave a lock of hair away To a man, Dearest, except this to thee, Which now upon my ...
First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And ever since, ...
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