I needed love no words could say;
She drew me softly nigh her chair,
My head upon her knees to lay,
With cool hands that caressed my hair.
(Forgiveness)
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A friend I greetIn each flower and tree and wind-
Oh, but life is sweet, is sweet!
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Do not ask for the hands of love or love's soft eyes:
They give less than love who give all, giving what wanes.
George William Russell
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.
George William Russell
Let it dwell there, let it rest there, at home in your heart:
Wafted on winds of gold, it is Love itself, the Dove.
George William Russell
When for love it was fain of
The wild heart was chidden,
When the white limbs were clothed
And the beauty was hidden;
George William Russell
And behind it hosts supernal
Guarding the lost paradise,
And the tree of life eternal
From the weeping human eyes.
George William Russell
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