Love
We That Were Friends
From Forty-Two Poems (1911)
Love
We that were friends to-night have found
A sudden fear, a secret flame:
I am on fire with that soft sound
You make, in uttering my name.
Forgive a young and boastful man
Whom dreams delight and passions please,
And love me as great women can
Who have no children at their knees.
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MLA
Flecker, James Elroy. “We That Were Friends.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/flecker/23/.
Chicago
Flecker, James Elroy. “We That Were Friends.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/flecker/23/.
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