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Poems of Pleasure
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By Ella Wheeler Wilcox 8 Feb, 2021
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LOVE, when we met, ’twas like two planets meeting. Strange chaos followed; body, soul, and heart Seemed shaken, thrilled, and startled by that greeting. Old ties, old dreams, old aims, all torn apart And wrenched away, left nothing there the wh ... Read more
LOVE, when we met, ’twas like two planets meeting. Strange chaos followed; body, soul, and heart Seemed shaken, thrilled, and startled by that greeting. Old ties, old dreams, old aims, all torn apart And wrenched away, left nothing there the while But the great shining glory of your smile. I knew no past; ’twas all a blurred, bleak waste; I asked no future; ’twas a blinding glare. I only saw the present: as men taste Some stimulating wine, and lose all care, I tasted Love’s elixir, and I seemed Dwelling in some strange land, like one who dreamed. It was a godlike separate existence; Our world was set apart in some fair clime. I had no will, no purpose, no resistance; I only knew I loved you for all time. The earth seemed something foreign and afar, And we two, sovereigns dwelling in a star!  Less
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include Poems of Passion and Solitude, which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with...
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