Love

April Love

by Ernest Dowson 1867–1900

From The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson, With a Memoir by Arthur Symons

Love

We have walked in Love's land a little way,
We have learnt his lesson a little while,
And shall we not part at the end of day,
With a sigh, a smile?

A little while in the shine of the sun,
We were twined together, joined lips, forgot
How the shadows fall when the day is done,
And when Love is not.

We have made no vows--there will none be broke,
Our love was free as the wind on the hill,
There was no word said we need wish unspoke,
We have wrought no ill.

So shall we not part at the end of day,
Who have loved and lingered a little while,
Join lips for the last time, go our way,
With a sigh, a smile?

MLA

Dowson, Ernest. “April Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowson/18/.

Chicago

Dowson, Ernest. “April Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowson/18/.

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