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Her Beautiful Hands

Your hands--they are strangely fair!

O Fair--for the jewels that sparkle there,--Fair--for the witchery of the

That ivory keys alone can tell;

But when their delicate touches

Here in my own do I love them best,

As I clasp with eager, acquisitive

My glorious treasure of beautiful hands!

Marvelous--wonderful--beautiful hands!

They can coax roses to bloom in the

Of your brown tresses; and ribbons will twine,

Under mysterious touches of thine,

Into such knots as entangle the

And fetter the heart under such a

As only the strength of my love understands--My passionate love for your beautiful hands.

As I remember the first fair

Of those beautiful hands that I love so much,

I seem to thrill as I then was thrilled,

Kissing the glove that I found unfilled--When I met your gaze, and the queenly bow,

As you said to me, laughingly, "Keep it now!" . . .

And dazed and alone in a dream I stand,

Kissing this ghost of your beautiful hand.

When first I loved, in the long ago,

And held your hand as I told you so--Pressed and caressed it and gave it a

And said "I could die for a hand like this!"Little I dreamed love's fullness

Had to ripen when eyes were

And prayers were vain in their wild

For one warm touch of your beautiful hands..  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Beautiful Hands!--O Beautiful Hands!

Could you reach out of the alien

Where you are lingering, and give me, to-night,

Only a touch--were it ever so light--My heart were soothed, and my weary

Would lull itself into rest again;

For there is no solace the world

Like the caress of your beautiful hands.

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James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known a…

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