Love
Forgiveness Lane
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900, ed. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
Love
Forgiveness Lane is old as youth,
You cannot miss your way;
'T is hedged with flowering thorn forsooth
Where white doves fearless stray.
You must walk gently with your Love,
Frail blossoms dread your feet —
And bloomy branches close above
Make heaven near and sweet.
Some lovers fear the stile of pride
And turn away in pain —
But more have kissed where white doves hide
And blessed Forgiveness Lane!
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MLA
Martha Gilbert Dickinson (Bianchi). “Forgiveness Lane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson_mg/2/.
Chicago
Martha Gilbert Dickinson (Bianchi). “Forgiveness Lane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson_mg/2/.
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