Lines

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Lines

Unfelt, unheard, unseen,

I’ve left my little queen,

Her languid arms in silver slumber lying:

Ah! through their nestling touch,

Who⁠—who could tell how much

There is for madness⁠—cruel, or complying?

Those faery lids how sleek!

Those lips how moist!⁠—they speak,

In ripest quiet, shadows of sweet sounds:

Into my fancy’s ear

Melting a burden dear,

How “Love doth know no fulness, and no bounds.”

True!⁠—tender monitors!

I bend unto your laws:

This sweetest day for dalliance was born!

So, without more ado,

I’ll feel my heaven anew,

For all the blushing of the hasty morn.