Sunday, December 13, 2009

I cry your mercy—pity—love!—ay, love by keats

I cry your mercy—pity—love!—ay, love by keats
I cry your mercy—pity—love!—ay, love!  
Merciful love that tantalises not One-thoughted, never-wandering, guileless love,  
 Unmask'd, and being seen—without a blot! 
O! let me have thee whole,—all—all—be mine!  
 That shape, that fairness, that sweet minor zest Of love, your kiss,—those hands, those eyes divine,  
 That warm, white, lucent, million-pleasured breast,— Yourself—your soul—in pity give me all,  
 Withhold no atom's atom or I die, Or living on, perhaps, your wretched thrall,   
Forget, in the mist of idle misery, Life's purposes,—the palate of my mind 
Losing its gust, and my ambition blind!

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