Living
Song (‘Ah, me! when shall I marry me?’)
From The Complete Poetical Works, ed. Austin Dobson (Oxford, 1906)
Living
AH me! when shall I marry me?
Lovers are plenty; but fail to relieve me:
He, fond youth, that could carry me,
Offers to love, but means to deceive me.
But I will rally, and combat the ruiner:
Not a look, not a smile shall my passion discover:
She that gives all to the false one pursuing her,
Makes but a penitent, loses a lover.
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MLA
Goldsmith, Oliver. “Song (‘Ah, me! when shall I marry me?’).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goldsmith/27/.
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Goldsmith, Oliver. “Song (‘Ah, me! when shall I marry me?’).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goldsmith/27/.
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