Love

On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken

by Lord Byron 1788–1824

From Poems 1809–1813

Love

Ill-fated Heart! and can it be,
That thou shouldst thus be rent in twain?
Have years of care for thine and thee
Alike been all employed in vain?

Yet precious seems each shattered part,
And every fragment dearer grown,
Since he who wears thee feels thou art
A fitter emblem of his own.

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March 16, 1812. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition).

MLA

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/120/.

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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/120/.

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