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    ''I love your eyes when the lovelight lies Lit with a passionate fire.'' (From “I Love You,” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox) The Kimono Rose aromatic candle from thymes.com is $27.
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    - Courtesy of SOUL2SOUL
    "To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed, Scented and warm against my beating breast; To whisper soft and quivering your name, And drink the passion burning in your frame..." (From “Romance,” by Claude McKay) SOUL2SOUL Vintage by Tim McGraw evokes intimate masculinity, $24.50.
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    - Courtesy of Revolve Upscale Men's Consignment
    "Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods or steepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rocks, Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals." (From “Come Live With Me and Be My Love,” by Christopher Marlowe) 5-speed cufflinks from Revolve Upscale Men's Consignment. $29.99
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    - Courtesy of Mon Bijou
    ''My true love hath my heart and I have his, By just exchange one for another given; I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a better bargain driven.'' (From “My True Love Hath My Heart and I Have His,” by Sir Phillip Sydney) For the woman who wears her heart on her sleeve, this cutout heart bracelet is a beautiful way to say "I love you." $28 at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art gift shop, 420 South Tryon St., Charlotte.
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    - Courtesy of Rhonda Shear
    ''It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale’s high note is heard; It is the hour – when lover’s vows Seem sweet in every whisper’d word; And gentle winds and waters near, Make music to the lonely ear.'' (From “It is the hour,” by Lord Byron) Give her the gift of romance with a beautiful butterknit lycra chemise from Rhonda Shear. $58, at II.C. London, with locations in Ballantyne Village (14825 Ballantyne Village Way), Dilworth (1419 East Blvd) or online (www.shopiclondon.com)
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    - Courtesy of BedHead
    'Oh, come to me in dreams, my love! ...I will not ask a dearer bliss; Come with the starry beams, my love, ...And press mine eyelids with thy kiss.'' (From “Stanzas,” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) The woman who appreicates life's little luxuries will adore being treated to these bright and well-crafted BedHead pajamas. $128 at Cottage Chic, 1232 East Blvd., Charlotte.Sizes XS-L.
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