Love

Gold

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

I have not loved the gold of the mine.
I have not loved the image of gold.
But I have loved the gold divine
That springs in April from the mould;
And I have loved to see thee shine.
Thou Sun, that makest all things gold

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Coleridge, Mary E. “Gold.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/170/.

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