Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Friendship’s Black And White

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - Friendship’s Black And White

Romance is writ for me with many names br Of fair loved faces, each page a design br Blazoned and tinctured, this with saffron flames br Enshrining fancy, that with opaline br Rays of mad hopes, half sunlight, half moonshine, br This last with the sole gold of passionate blames br Enjoyed and harvested and made divine br By Love's long memory far outlasting Fame's. br --Leave it untouched, the rose--sweet manuscript. br Youth lies asleep in it, its spellbound knight. br Turn not the leaves lest he should wake dismayed. br This page alone stands open, unequipped br Of any hue save friendship's black and white, br Named with one name that needs not be afraid.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-10

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