Love

Forsaking

by Michael Field 1846–1914 (Bradley) and 1862–1913 (Cooper)

From Underneath the Bough (1898)

Love

Have you seen the olives at set of sun,
How their fiery maze.
That tossed him his sparkles, snatched his rays.
Becomes a region of limitless grays.
Dead, bough on bough.
For lack of the sun?
Love, this is how
Living would be if thy life were ran:
Leave me not, thou!

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The Third Book of Songs

MLA

Field, Michael. “Forsaking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/88/.

Chicago

Field, Michael. “Forsaking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/88/.

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