Love
O Darkness gather round
From Poems (1908)
Love
O Darkness gather round;
Let no sweet sound
Scatter the silence of this one sweet hour.
I will not see the fairest,
I will forego the rarest.
Sooner than breathe upon Time's perfect flower.
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MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “O Darkness gather round.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/133/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Mary E. “O Darkness gather round.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/133/.
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