“Love? Do I love? I walkWithin the brilliance of another's thought,As in a glory. I was dark before,as Venus' chapel in the black of night:But there was something holy in the darkness,Softer and not so thick as the other where;And as rich moonlight may be to the blind,Unconsciously consoling. Then love came,Like the out-bursting of a trodden star.”

THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Thomas Lovell Beddoes - “Love? Do I love? I walkWithin...” 1

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