This is not Love, perhaps,
Love that lays down its life,
that many waters cannot quench,
nor the floods drown,
But something written in lighter ink,
said in a lower tone, something, perhaps, especially our own.

A need, at times, to be together and talk,
And then the finding we can walk
More firmly through dark narrow places,
And meet more easily nightmare faces;
A need to reach out, sometimes, hand to hand,
And then find Earth less like an alien land;
A need for alliance to defeat
The whisperers at the corner of the street.

A need for inns on roads, islands in seas,
Halts for discoveries to be shared,
Maps checked, notes compared;
A need, at times, of each for each,
Direct as the need of throat and tongue for speech.

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Poems in English 

• V: Some Verses: To The Author Parthenius by William Alexander by William Alexander
• To Prince Charles by William Alexander by William Alexander
• To his Majestie by William Alexander by William Alexander
• The Sonnet, The Lady, And The Prince by William Alexander by William Alexander
• The Roses And The Mothers Cannot Choose by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 58 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 57 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 56 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 55 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 54 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 53 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 52 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 51 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 50 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 5 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 49 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 48 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 47 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 44 by William Alexander by William Alexander
• Sonet 43 by William Alexander by William Alexander

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