"Lover's Credo: Poems of Love" by Corliss Lamont

<body background="paper.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#003300" link="#0000FF" vlink="#990099" alink="#FF0000"> <h1 align="center"><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="+2"><b> LOVER'S CREDO </b></font></h1> <p align="center"><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b>Poems of Love</b></font><br><br> <font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="-2"><b>by</b></font><br><br> <font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="+1"><b>Corliss Lamont</b></font></p> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="60%"> <tr><td bgcolor="#003300" height="1" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FF0000" height="2" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="2" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#003300" height="1" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td height="16" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="16" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> </table> </div> <ul style="line-height: 150%;"> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo.htm">Table of Contents</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo01.htm">Cover</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo02.htm">Frontispiece</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo03.htm">Publication Data</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo04.htm">Foreword</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo05.htm">Preface</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo06.htm">Preface to the New Edition</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo07.htm">Acknowledgments</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo08.htm">Lover's Credo</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo09.htm">The Gift of Exaltation</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo10.htm">Inlet and Tide</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo11.htm">Bay and Ocean</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo12.htm">Palisades Memoir</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo13.htm">All Thou Dost Bring</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo14.htm">Conscience</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo15.htm">On a Warm Day of Spring</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo16.htm">If You Decree This Death</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo17.htm">Two Faces</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo18.htm">Poem Incarnate</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo19.htm">Memories</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo20.htm">A Thousand Ways of Loveliness</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo21.htm">Ski Romance</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo22.htm">Lover's Chant</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo23.htm">The Ripple of Your Laugh</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo24.htm">A Sacred Shrine for Me</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo25.htm">In Your Dark Days, Remember</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo26.htm">When I Was Alone</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo27.htm">Today I Weep</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo28.htm">Next to Last Lines</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo29.htm">Do You Remember?</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo30.htm">Faithful -- to Our Past</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo31.htm">Deep in My Blood</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo32.htm">Something Very Precious</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo33.htm">Beyond All Words</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo34.htm">To the Lady of the Portrait</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo35.htm">Give Me the Strength</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo36.htm">Testament</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo37.htm">Completion</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo38.htm">Creation</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo39.htm">Victory</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo40.htm">About the Author</a></font></li> <li><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a href="credo41.htm">Reviewer's Comments</a></font></li> </ul> <p align="left"><font face="Bodoni Bk BT, Bodoni Book BT, Bodoni Book, Bodoni, Times New Roman, Times, serif">  </font></p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="72%"> <tr><td height="12" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="12" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#003300" height="1" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FF0000" height="2" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="2" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#003300" height="1" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="1" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> <tr><td height="6" width="100%"><img src="1by1.gif" alt="" width="100%" height="6" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"></td></tr> </table> <font color="#FF0000" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif" size="-2"><b>Copyright © 1972, 1983, 1994 by <span class="nobreakit">Corliss Lamont.</span><br> Copyright © <span class="nobreakit">2001-2022</span> by <span class="nobreakit"> 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