Love
XXX
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Love
KATE-A-WHIMSIES, John-a-Dreams,
Still debating, still delay,
And the world’s a ghost that gleams—
Wavers—vanishes away!
We must live while live we can;
We should love while love we may.
Dread in women, doubt in man . . .
So the Infinite runs away.
1876
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Henley, William Ernest. “XXX.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/63/.
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Henley, William Ernest. “XXX.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/henley/63/.
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