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Written by Robert Browning
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Let's contend no more, Love,
Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
—Only sleep!
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What so wild as words are?
I and thou
In debate, as birds are,
Hawk on bough!
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See the creature stalking
While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking,
Cheek on cheek!
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What so false as truth is,
False to thee?
Where the serpent's tooth is
Shun the tree—
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Where the apple reddens
Never pry—
Lest we lose our Edens,
Eve and I.
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Be a god and hold me
With a charm!
Be a man and fold me
With thine arm!
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Teach me, only teach, Love
As I ought
I will speak thy speech, Love,
Think thy thought—
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Meet, if thou require it,
Both demands,
Laying flesh and spirit
In thy hands.
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That shall be to-morrow
Not to-night:
I must bury sorrow
Out of sight:
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—Must a little weep, Love,
(Foolish me!)
And so fall asleep, Love,
Loved by thee.
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