Nature
If Only Thou Art True
From The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, ed. Alfred H. Miles
If only a single Rose is left,
Why should the Summer pine?
A blade of glass in a rocky 'cleft;
A single star to shine.
— Why should I sorrow if all be lost,
If only thou art mine?
If only a single Bluebell gleams
Bright on the barren heath,
Still of that flower the Summer dreams,
Not of his August wreath.
— Why should I sorrow if thou art mine,
Love, beyond change and death?
If only once on a wintry day
The sun shines forth in the blue,
He gladdens the groves till they laugh as in May
And dream of the touch of the dew.
—Why should I sorrow if all be false,
If only thou art true?
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MLA
Barlow, George. “If Only Thou Art True.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barlow_g/4/.
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Barlow, George. “If Only Thou Art True.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/barlow_g/4/.
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