Love

Unuttered

by Edward Dowden 1843–1913

From Poems (1914)

Love

Song that is pent in me,
Song that is aching,
Ne’er to escape from me,
Sleeping or waking,

Down aspic! the dust of me,
Blown the world over
A century hence
Will envenom a lover.

His red lips grow vocal,
His great word is new,
And the world knows my secret,
Is dreaming of you.

MLA

Dowden, Edward. “Unuttered.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/159/.

Chicago

Dowden, Edward. “Unuttered.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/159/.

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