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Poems (Kemble)/Lines for Music (Oh, sunny Love)

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4529725Poems — Lines for MusicFrances Anne Kemble
LINES FOR MUSIC.
     Oh, sunny Love! Crowned with fresh flowering May, Breath like the Indian clove, Eyes like the dawn of day;      Oh, sunny Love!
     Oh, fatal Love! Thy robe wreath is nightshade all, With gloomy cypress wove, Thy kiss is bitter gall,      Oh, fatal Love!