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Poem by Arthur William Symons


Declaration


Child, I will give you rings to wear,
And, if you love them, dainty dresses,
Flowers for your bosom and your hair,
And, if you love them, fond caresses;

And I will give you of my days,
And I will leave, when you require it,
My dreams, my books, my wonted ways,
Content if only you desire it.

Love's captive, now his fugitive,
All this I give you, for my part.
I ask but what I cannot give,
I ask no more than this: your heart. 



Arthur William Symons


Arthur William Symons's other poems:
  1. The Pale Woman
  2. Body’s Blood
  3. The Beggars
  4. Divisions on a Ground
  5. Mater Liliarum


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