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1887–1915

The Way That Lovers Use

Rupert Brooke

The way that lovers use is this; They bow, catch hands, with never a word, And their lips meet, and they do kiss, — So I have heard.

They queerly find some healing so, And strange attainment in the touch; There is a secret lovers know, — I have read as much.

And theirs no longer joy nor smart, Changing or ending, night or day; But mouth to mouth, and heart on heart, — So lovers say.

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