Love
Heart Springs
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Love
My heart's wound up just like a watch,
As far as springs will take--
It wants but one more evil turn,
And then the cords will break.
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MLA
Hood, Thomas. “Heart Springs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/139/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “Heart Springs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/139/.
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