Love in a Life
Robert Browning
1812 to 1889
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Room after room,
I hunt the house through
We ______ together.
Heart, fear nothing, for, heart, thou shalt find her—
Next time, herself!—not the trouble behind her
Left ______ the curtain, the couch's perfume!
As she brushed it, ______ cornice-wreath blossomed anew:
Yon looking-glass gleamed at the wave ______ her feather.
Yet the day wears,
And door succeeds door;
I try the fresh fortune—
Range the wide house ______ the wing to the centre.
Still the same chance! ______ goes out as I enter.
Spend my whole day ______ the quest,—who cares?
But 'tis twilight, you see,—with such suites to explore,
Such closets to search, such ______ to importune!