Rondeau.

Rondeau.

THY breast, dear Doris, ever beAll-hallowed, consecrate to me,A rest where this my heart may goWhatever tempests beat and blow;A shelter that my soul may seeThough all the world speak grievously.Warmed in its softness, dear, by thee,My love shall sometime come to knowThy breast.And sometime, too, so reverentlyThou couldst not, Sweet, refuse my plea.I’ll kiss the dimple that I knowBetwixt those little hills of snowWaits, till my lips press passionatelyThy breast!...

THY breast, dear Doris, ever beAll-hallowed, consecrate to me,A rest where this my heart may goWhatever tempests beat and blow;A shelter that my soul may seeThough all the world speak grievously.Warmed in its softness, dear, by thee,My love shall sometime come to knowThy breast.And sometime, too, so reverentlyThou couldst not, Sweet, refuse my plea.I’ll kiss the dimple that I knowBetwixt those little hills of snowWaits, till my lips press passionatelyThy breast!...

THY breast, dear Doris, ever beAll-hallowed, consecrate to me,A rest where this my heart may goWhatever tempests beat and blow;A shelter that my soul may seeThough all the world speak grievously.Warmed in its softness, dear, by thee,My love shall sometime come to knowThy breast.

THY breast, dear Doris, ever be

THY breast, dear Doris, ever be

All-hallowed, consecrate to me,

A rest where this my heart may go

Whatever tempests beat and blow;

A shelter that my soul may see

Though all the world speak grievously.

Warmed in its softness, dear, by thee,

My love shall sometime come to know

Thy breast.

And sometime, too, so reverentlyThou couldst not, Sweet, refuse my plea.I’ll kiss the dimple that I knowBetwixt those little hills of snowWaits, till my lips press passionatelyThy breast!...

And sometime, too, so reverently

Thou couldst not, Sweet, refuse my plea.

I’ll kiss the dimple that I know

Betwixt those little hills of snow

Waits, till my lips press passionately

Thy breast!...


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