The Mind
XLI. Love walked alone
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
Love walked alone.
The rocks cut her tender feet,
And the brambles tore her fair limbs.
There came a companion to her,
But, alas, he was no help,
For his name was Heart’s Pain.
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Crane, Stephen. “XLI. Love walked alone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/40/.
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Crane, Stephen. “XLI. Love walked alone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/40/.
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