Love

An Old maid early e'er I knew

by William Blake 1757–1827

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.

MLA

Blake, William. “An Old maid early e'er I knew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/148/.

Chicago

Blake, William. “An Old maid early e'er I knew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/148/.

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