Arts & Sciences

Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772–1834

From Complete Poetical Works, ed. E. H. Coleridge (1912)

Arts & Sciences

Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee!
Why stays my Love?
Bend, and in yon streamlet--lave thee!
Why stays my Love?
Oft have I at evening straying,
Stood, thy branches long surveying,
Graceful in the light breeze playing,--
Why stays my Love?

MLA

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/508/.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “Once again, sweet Willow, wave thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge/508/.

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