Love
The Shining Hours, XIX: May your bright eyes, your eyes of summer
Translated by F. S. Flint (1916) · From The Love Poems (1916)
May your bright eyes, your eyes of summer, be for me here on earth the images of goodness.
Let our enkindled souls clothe with gold each flame of our thoughts.
May my two hands against your heart be for you here on earth the emblems of gentleness.
Let us live like two frenzied prayers straining at all hours one towards the other.
May our kisses on our enraptured mouths be for us here on earth the symbols of our life.
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MLA
Verhaeren, Emile. “The Shining Hours, XIX: May your bright eyes, your eyes of summer.” Translated by F. S. Flint. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/verhaeren/18/.
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Verhaeren, Emile. “The Shining Hours, XIX: May your bright eyes, your eyes of summer.” Translated by F. S. Flint. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/verhaeren/18/.
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