Love

There with two lives before me did I choose

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

There with two lives before me did I choose,
There did I lose to win, and win to lose.
Not till the day all secrets are displayed
Shall that great Angel shew the choice I made.

MLA

Coleridge, Mary E. “There with two lives before me did I choose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/130/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Mary E. “There with two lives before me did I choose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/130/.

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