Love

Song, by Two Voices

by Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803–1849

From Victorian Songs (1895)

Love

FIRST VOICE.

Who is the baby, that doth lie
Beneath the silken canopy
Of thy blue eye?

SECOND.

It is young Sorrow, laid asleep
In the crystal deep.

BOTH.

Let us sing his lullaby,
Heigho! a sob and a sigh.

FIRST VOICE.

What sound is that, so soft, so clear,
Harmonious as a bubbled tear
Bursting, we hear?

SECOND.

It is young Sorrow, slumber breaking,
Suddenly awaking.

BOTH.

Let us sing his lullaby,
Heigho! a sob and a sigh.

MLA

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell. “Song, by Two Voices.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/beddoes/14/.

Chicago

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell. “Song, by Two Voices.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/beddoes/14/.

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