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"But I Love Thee"
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Here is a lovely, sweet romantic poem of love's progression. "But I Love Thee" begins with the declaration of love and ends with the question of marriage.
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But I Love Thee
by Bayard Taylor
The violet loves a sunny bank.
The cowslip loves the lea,
The scarlet creeper loves the elm.
But I love-thee.
The sunshine kisses mount and vale.
The stars they kiss the sea,
The west winds kiss the clover bloom,
But I kiss-thee.
The oriole weds his mottled mate,
The lilys bride o the bee;
Heavens marriage ring is round the earth,
-shall I wed thee?
~Bayard Taylor (1825 - 1878)
Taylor was an American poet, novel writer, and an extensive traveler who often wrote for newspapers and magazines.
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