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A Wall Flower by Amy Levy — Love Poetry Lines

By Amy Levy

Topics: love-shayari

I lounge in the doorway and languish in vain While Tom, Dick and Harry are dancing with Jane My spirit rises to the music's beat; There is a leaden fiend lurks in my feet! To move unto your motion, Love, were sweet. Somewhere, I think, some other where, not here, In other ages, on another sphere, I danced with you, and you with me, my dear.

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"I lounge in the doorway and languish in vain..."

"A Wall Flower" by Amy Levy is a love english poem consisting of 19 lines. This English poem by Amy Levy demonstrates the timeless power of verse to capture complex human emotions. Beginning with "I lounge in the doorway and languish in vain While Tom, Dick and Harry are dancing with Jane...", this piece explores themes of love through vivid imagery and emotional resonance. The work invites contemplation on the deeper currents of life, love, and the human condition. Amy Levy's celebrated body of poetry continues to inspire readers across generations and cultures, and this particular work stands as a powerful example of their artistic vision.

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Amy Levy (1861–1889) was an English poet and novelist whose work explored themes of Jewish identity, feminism, and urban alienation. Her "A London Plane-Tree" and "Xantippe and Other Verse" anticipate modernist concerns with irony and psychological complexity.

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