Love
An Old maid early e'er I knew
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Love
An Old maid early e'er I knew
Ought but the love that on me grew;
And now I'm cover'd o'er & o'er,
And wish that I had been a Whore.
O! I cannot cannot find
The undaunted courage of a Virgin Mind;
For Early I in love was crost,
Before my flower of love was lost.
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MLA
Blake, William. “An Old maid early e'er I knew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/148/.
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Blake, William. “An Old maid early e'er I knew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/148/.
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