How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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Anand Thakur
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.
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I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
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In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
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Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
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What cannot be said will be wept.
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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
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For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
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The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
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Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
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If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
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I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
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All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
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Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
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