Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart, seized this man for the fair form that was … - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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I realised, of course, that other people used these roads; but that night, it seemed to me these dark byways of the country existed just for the likes of us, while the big glittering motorways with their huge signs and super cafes were for everyone else.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart, seized this man for the fair form that was taken from me, the manner still hurts me. Love which absolves no beloved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as thou seest, it does not leave me yet

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Unto the man of yearning thought And aspiration, to do nought Is in itself almost an act.

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I do not see them here; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath. 'I am thyself,what hast thou done to me?' 'And Iand Ithyself,' (lo! each one saith,) 'And thou thyself to all eternity!

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Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.

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Still we say as we go,-"Strange to think by the wayWhatever there is to know,That shall we know one day.

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At length their long kiss severed, with sweet smart:And as the last slow sudden drops are shedFrom sparkling eaves when all the storm has fled,So singly flagged the pulses of each heart.

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