Songs and Sonnets (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Songs and Sonnets<br><br>When in your arms your mother you entwine,<br>Parading all your paradise in view,<br>As with a spear you pierce me through and through,<br>Reminding me of her who once was mine<br>And like your watchful angel would incline<br>In silent admiration. Mine were, too,<br>Those silver locks and eyes of tender blue,<br>That fragile form and countenance divine.<br>This is the one immedicable scar<br>That will not heal, nor even healing crave,<br>Which neither time nor balm of fortune rare<br>Can cicatrise - yet I though pierced forgave,<br>Seeing in yours, reflexion of the star<br>That gilds for me my mother's silent grave!<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.