Love

XXV

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882

From The Blessed Damozel

Love

(I saw her smile.) But soon their flight
Was vague 'mid the poised spheres.
And then she cast her arms along
The golden barriers,
And laid her face between her hands,
And wept (I heard her tears).

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “XXV.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/116/.

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “XXV.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/116/.

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