Love

Solo

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

Leave me alone! my tears would make you laugh,
Or kindly turn away to hide a smile.
My brimming granaries cover many a mile;
How should you know that all my com is chaff?
Leave me alone! my tears would make you laugh.

Leave me alone! my mirth would make you weep.
I only smile at all that you hold dear;
I only laugh at that which most you fear;
I see the shallows where you sound the deep.
Leave me alone! my mirth would make you weep.

MLA

Coleridge, Mary E. “Solo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/222/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Mary E. “Solo.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/222/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Mary E. Coleridge