Songs from Vagabondia

<h3><SPAN name="LAURANAS_SONG" name="LAURANAS_SONG"></SPAN> LAURANA'S SONG. <span class="smaller">FOR "A LADY OF VENICE."</span></h3> <p>Who'll have the crumpled pieces of a heart? <br/>Let him take mine! <br/>Who'll give his whole of passion for a part, <br/>And call't divine? <br/>Who'll have the soiled remainder of desire? <br/>Who'll warm his fingers at a burnt-out fire? <br/>Who'll drink the lees of love, and cast i' the mire <br/>The nobler wine? <br/> <br/>Let him come here, and kiss me on the mouth, <br/>And have his will! <br/>Love dead and dry as summer in the South <br/>When winds are still <br/>And all the leafage shrivels in the heat! <br/>Let him come here and linger at my feet <br/>Till he grow weary with the over-sweet, <br/>And die, or kill.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />