Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision Blotting out …

Robert Graves
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Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason. Symptoms of true love Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns; Are omens and nightmares - Listening for a knock, Waiting for a sign: For a touch of her fingers In a darkened room, For a searching look. Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain At any hand but hers? ✨ Robert Graves, Beryl Graves, Dunstan Ward (1999). Complete poems, Carcanet Pr
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