Love
Sweet-Briar in Rose
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
So sweet, all sweet, — the body as the shyer
Sweet senses, and the Spirit sweet as those;
For me the fragrance of a whole sweet-briar.
Beside the rose!
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Codex Note
The Third Book of Songs
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Field, Michael. “Sweet-Briar in Rose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/90/.
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Field, Michael. “Sweet-Briar in Rose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/90/.
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