Free eBook

Verses

By Edith Wharton

2019-09-12 23:23:55

Excerpt..... O soft, caressing sound, more sweet than scent Of violets in woody hollows! Tone As amorous as the ring-dove’s tender moan, Beneath the spreading forest’s leafy tent; What mystery of earth or air hath lent, Thee that bewitchi ... Read more
Excerpt..... O soft, caressing sound, more sweet than scent Of violets in woody hollows! Tone As amorous as the ring-dove’s tender moan, Beneath the spreading forest’s leafy tent; What mystery of earth or air hath lent, Thee that bewitching music, where the drone, Of Summer bees in dewy buds new blown, With trembling, fainting melody is blent? What master did conceive thee, as the sound, Most fit to woo his lady from her rest, What wakeful maiden in thy wooing found, The passion of her lover first exprest, And from her silken pillows, beauty-crowned, Stept forth and smiled on him who loved her best? Less

Book Details

File size366.558 KB
Print pages30
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1979390828
Edith Wharton (Jan 24, 1862 – Aug 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to realist...

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free