Love
Broken Friendship
From Poems (1908)
Love
Give me no gift! Less than thyself were nought.
It was thyself, alas! not thine I sought.
Once reigned I as a monarch in this heart,
Now from the doors a stranger I depart.
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MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “Broken Friendship.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/166/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Mary E. “Broken Friendship.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/166/.
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