Nature

Edith and Harold

by Arthur Grey Butler 1831–1909

From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)

Nature

I know it will not ease the smart;
I know it will increase the pain;
'Tis torture to a wounded heart;
Yet, O! to see him once again.

Tho' other lips be press'd to his,
And other arms about him twine,
And tho' another reign in bliss
In that true heart that once was mine;

Yet, O! I cry it in my grief,
I cry it blindly in my pain,
I know it will not bring relief,
Yet O! to see him once again.

MLA

Butler, Arthur Grey. “Edith and Harold.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/butler_ag/0/.

Chicago

Butler, Arthur Grey. “Edith and Harold.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/butler_ag/0/.

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