Amos Bronson Alcott I Love You Poems
- 1. Proem Ii
Ah! why so brief the visit, short his stay?
The acquaintance so surprising, and so sweet,
Stolen is my heart, 't is journeying far away,
With that shy stranger whom my voice did greet.
... - 2. Proem Iv
The April rains are past, the frosts austere,
The flowers are hungering for the genial sun,
The snow 's dissolved, the merry birds are here,
And rural labors now are well begun.
... - 3. Channing
CHANNING! my Mentor whilst my thought was young,
And I the votary of fair liberty,รข??
How hung I then upon thy glowing tongue,
And thought of love and truth as one with thee!
... - 4. Sonnet 16
WHEN I remember with what buoyant heart,
Midst war's alarms and woes of civil strife,
In youthful eagerness, thou didst depart,
At peril of thy safety, peace, and life,
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