Love
On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken
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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Codex Note
March 16, 1812. First published, Childe Harold, 1812 (Second Edition).
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MLA
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/120/.
Chicago
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “On a Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/120/.
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