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A sequence of lyrical poems examines love in its many guises—passion, longing, joy, pain, idealized devotion and sensual desire—using vivid natural and musical imagery (flowers, vines, a violin, birds) and concise narrative vignettes. Voices shift between exuberant celebration and mournful reflection, probing youth, aging, fidelity, and redemption while sometimes invoking religious or mythic motifs. Language emphasizes intense sensory detail and rhythmic cadences that blend tenderness, eroticism, and ethical questioning. Short pieces range from playful satire to solemn consolation, together forming a compact, imagistic survey of romantic feeling and its contradictions.

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Title: Songs of the unblind Cupid

Author: J. Wm. Lloyd

Release date: January 20, 2026 [eBook #77744]

Language: English

Original publication: Wellesley: Calamus House, 1899

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Songs of the Unblind Cupid

By J. WM. LLOYD

Who also wrote
Wind Harp Songs
and
The Red Heart in a
White World