Love
Through hazels and apple
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
Through hazels and apple
My love I led,
Where the sunshine dapples
The strawberry-bed:
Did we pluck and eat
That morn, my sweet?
And back by the alley
Our path I chose.
That we might dally
By one rare rose:
Did we smell at the heart.
And then depart?
A lover, who grapples
With love, doth live
Where roses and apples
Have naught to give:
Did I take my way
Unfed that day?
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Codex Note
The First Book of Songs
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Field, Michael. “Through hazels and apple.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/54/.
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Field, Michael. “Through hazels and apple.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/54/.
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