Exquisite Laura! With Thy Pouting Lip [sonnet]

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Title:     Exquisite Laura! With Thy Pouting Lip [sonnet]
Author: Nathaniel Parker Willis [More Titles by Willis]

Exquisite Laura! with thy pouting lip,
And the arch smile that makes me constant so--
Tempting me still like a dull bee to sip
The flower I should have left so long ago--
Beautiful Laura! who art just so fair
That I can think thee lovely when alone,
And still art not so wonderfully rare
That I could never find a prettier one--
Spirited Laura! laughing, weeping, crying
In the same breath, and gravest with the gay--
So wild, that Cupid ever shoots thee flying,
And knows his archery is thrown away--
Inconstant as I am, I cannot yet
Break thy sweet fetter, exquisite coquette!

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Nathaniel Parker Willis's poem: Exquisite Laura! With Thy Pouting Lip [sonnet]

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