Love
My Lily
From The Last Ballad and Other Poems (1899)
Love
I MUST sing you a song,
Or my heart will break,
For all the night long
I lie awake,
And all the day through
I am sorry like you
For nobody's sake,
For nobody's sake,
My lily, my lily
You and I,
My lily, sad lily!
Since the day has the sun,
And the night the moon,
Though love we have none,
How soon, how soon
Our hearts may awake
For somebody's sake,
And our lives be in tune,
Our lives be in tune,
My lily, my lily
You and I,
My lily, sweet lily!
Cite this poem
MLA
Davidson, John. “My Lily.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davidson/68/.
Chicago
Davidson, John. “My Lily.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davidson/68/.
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