Love
The song of nightingales
From Poems (1908)
Love
The song of nightingales
When the moon fails
Along the lake and down the grassy shore—
This is not yours to hear, who often hear,
But it is mine, my dear,
Who heard it once and hear it evermore.
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MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “The song of nightingales.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/136/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Mary E. “The song of nightingales.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/136/.
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