Living
May's Love
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume 4
Living
You love all, you say,
Round, beneath, above me:
Find me then some way
Better than to love me,
Me, too, dearest May!
O world-kissing eyes
Which the blue heavens melt to;
I, sad, overwise,
Loathe the sweet looks dealt to
All things--men and flies.
You love all, you say:
Therefore, Dear, abate me
Just your love, I pray!
Shut your eyes and hate me--
Only me--fair May!
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “May's Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/79/.
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “May's Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/browning_e/79/.
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