Love
Glove of Black in White Hand Bare
From Translations
Love
Glove of black in white hand bare,
And about her forehead pale
Wound a thin, transparent veil,
That doth not conceal her hair;
Sovereign attitude and air,
Cheek and neck alike displayed
With coquettish charms arrayed,
Laughing eyes and fugitive;--
This is killing men that live,
'T is not mourning for the dead.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from the Spanish (original author not named in the source)
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Glove of Black in White Hand Bare.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/345/.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Glove of Black in White Hand Bare.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/345/.
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