Excerpt from Tannhauser: A Story of All TimeI Shall not tell thee that I love thee!Nay! by the Star in Heaven burning,Its ray to me at midnight turningTo tell me that it beams above thee-Nay! though thou wert, as I am, yearning,I should not tellMoreExcerpt from Tannhauser: A Story of All TimeI Shall not tell thee that I love thee!Nay! by the Star in Heaven burning,Its ray to me at midnight turningTo tell me that it beams above thee-Nay!
though thou wert, as I am, yearning,I should not tell thee that I love thee!I know what secret thought once blossomedInto a blush that seemed a kiss,Some swift suppressed extreme of blissIn thy most fearful sigh embosomed.What oracle should prate of this?I know the secret thought that blossomed!Extol the truth of loves disdain!Love, daring by no glance to gladdenA heart that waits but that to maddenAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
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