Love
When I grow old
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
When I grow old,
I would be bold
To ask of heaven this boon:
Like the thin-circled and translucent moon,
That makes intrusion
Unnoted on the morning sky,
And with soft eye
Watches the thousand, grassy flowers unfold,
I would be free.
Without confusion
Of influence cold,
To pause and see
The flush of youth in its felicity.
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Codex Note
The First Book of Songs
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Field, Michael. “When I grow old.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/46/.
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Field, Michael. “When I grow old.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/46/.
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