THE AWAKENING
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hen you lie sleeping; golden hairTossed on your pillow, sea shell pinkEars that nestle, I forbearA moment while I look and thinkHow you are mine, and if I dareTo bend and kiss you lying there. * * * * * A Raphael in the flesh! ResistI cannot, though to break your sleepIs thoughtless of me--you are kissedAnd roused from slumber dreamless, deep--You rub away the slumber's mist,You scold and almost weep. * * * * * It is too bad to wake you so,Just for a kiss. But when awakeYou sing and dance, nor seem to knowYou slept a sleep too deep to breakFrom which I roused you long agoFor nothing but my passion's sake--What though your heart should ache! * * * * *
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