Love
'Tis not Love that is dead
From Poems (1908)
Love
'Tis not Love that is dead,
But Hope, his sister fair.
They breathed the self-same air,
On the same food they fed.
The soul of Love with awful strength was filled
By Passion—but his sister, Hope, was killed.
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MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “'Tis not Love that is dead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/81/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Mary E. “'Tis not Love that is dead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/81/.
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