[Gutenberg 27971] • A Lover's Litanies

Excerpt from A Lover's Litanies

O thou refulgent essence of all grace! O thou that with the Witchery of thy face Hast made of me thy servant unto death, I pray thee pause, ere, musical of breath, And rapt of utterance, thou condemn indeed My venturous wooing, and the wanton speed With which I greet thee, dear and tender soul!

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