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THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 12. THE LOVERS' WALK by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: SWEET TWINING HEDGEFLOWERS WIND-STIRRED IN NO WISE
Last Line: RESTS ON THE BLUE LINE OF A FOAMLESS SEA.
Subject(s): LOVE; NATURE;

SWEET twining hedgeflowers wind-stirred in no wise
On this June day; and hand that clings in hand:--
Still glades; and meeting faces scarcely fann'd:--
An osier-odoured stream that draws the skies
Deep to its heart; and mirrored eyes in eyes:--
Fresh hourly wonder o'er the Summer land
Of light and cloud; and two souls softly spann'd
With one o'erarching heaven of smiles and sighs:--

Even such their path, whose bodies lean unto
Each other's visible sweetness amorously,--
Whose passionate hearts lean by Love's high decree
Together on his heart for ever true,
As the cloud-foaming firmamental blue
Rests on the blue line of a foamless sea.



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