John Florio Poems

The road of love we both had chosen,
And together we both had taken,
I'm in love, and you are aslo in love;
Then why did all these blames come up?
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I wish you all success and happiness,
in this Thingyan and new year;
Leave behind the past strife and stress,
move on forwards without fear.
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A Sorrowful Boy

Thanks for the pain you gave me,
And destroyed my greatest joy;
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Fantasy

O beloved... my sweetest darling,
To make you believe how do I say;
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What to say how I am going on,
With this life without you;
Crying over the eternal bond,
Dried as the morning dew.
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Her voice is sweeter than the cuckoo,
And comforting and loving, too;
He who hears her voice for a while,
Becomes happy and gets to smile.
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"The Spring"

Entered my life like the spring,
Perfuming my day and night;
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Were we unknown, or were we insane, —
That madly we both contracted this pain;
You couldn't keep me off that you know:
Happiness in the sea of heart would flow.
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The more I try, the less I forget,
The less I cry, the more I wet —
Alas! no pain is seen, not its flame,
It burns me down, who's to blame.
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Shwe....

Eyes that kept awake together,
And had dreams at night;
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