“My delight and thy delight
Walking, like two angels white,
In the gardens of the night.”
New Poems, No. 9, My Delight and Thy Delight http://www.poetry-online.org/bridges_my_delight.htm, st. 1 (1899). <br class="br">Poetry
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In The Garden Of Tabloid Delight, p. 195
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“The moon like a flower
In heaven's high bower,
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St. 4
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O fortunati miei dolci martiri!
S'impetrerò che giunto seno a seno,
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Canto II, stanza 35 (tr. Fairfax)
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“Goddess who delights in the ruin of the rose,
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Déesse à qui plaît la ruine des roses,<br>Prolonge la nuit ! <br class="br"> Prolonge la Nuit http://www.reneevivien.com/evocations.html#feuilles (Prolong the Night), trans. Margaret Porter <br class="br"> Évocations http://www.reneevivien.com/evocations.html (1903)