Love
Love doth never know
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
Love doth never know
Why it is beloved.
And to ask were treason:
Let the wonder grow!
Were its hopes removed.
Were itself disproved
By cold reason.
In its happy season
Love would be beloved.
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Codex Note
The First Book of Songs
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MLA
Field, Michael. “Love doth never know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/43/.
Chicago
Field, Michael. “Love doth never know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/43/.
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