Love
Song
From The Oxford Book of English Verse (1900)
Love
Only tell her that I love:
Leave the rest to her and Fate:
Some kind planet from above
May perhaps her pity move:
Lovers on their stars must wait.--
Only tell her that I love!
Why, O why should I despair!
Mercy’s pictured in her eye:
If she once vouchsafe to hear,
Welcome Hope and farewell Fear!
She’s too good to let me die.--
Why, O why should I despair?
Cite this poem
MLA
Cutts, John, Lord Cutts. “Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cutts/0/.
Chicago
Cutts, John, Lord Cutts. “Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cutts/0/.