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Choice
I'd rather have the thought of you
To hold against my
heart,
My spirit to be taught of you
With west winds blowing,
Than all
the warm caresses
Of another love's bestowing,
Or all the glories of the
world
In which you had no part.
I'd rather have the theme of you
To thread my nights and days,
I'd
rather have the dream of you
With faint stars glowing,
I'd rather have the
want of you,
The rich, elusive taunt of you
Forever and forever and
forever unconfessed
Than claim the alien comfort
Of any other's breast.
O lover! O my lover,
That this should come to me!
I'd rather have the
hope for you,
Ah, Love, I'd rather grope for you
Within the great
abyss
Than claim another's kiss --
Alone I'd rather go my
way
Throughout eternity.
From: Rittenhouse, Jessie B.
The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919).
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
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