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This heart that flutters near my heart
My hope and all my riches is,
Unhappy when we draw apart
And happy between kiss and kiss:
My hope and all my riches- yes!-
And all my happiness.
For there, as in some mossy nest
The wrens will divers treasures keep,
I laid those treasures I possessed
Ere that mine eyes had learned to weep.
Shall we not be as wise as they
Though love live but a day?
This Heart That Flutters Near My Heart
James Joyce
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Poem topics: happiness, happy, wise, live, Valentine's Day, heart, hope, kiss, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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