Love

Lines by Taj Mahomed

by Laurence Hope 1865–1904

From India's Love Lyrics (The Garden of Kama, 1901)

Love

This passion is but an ember
Of a Sun, of a Fire, long set;
I could not live and remember,
And so I love and forget.

You say, and the tone is fretful,
That my mourning days were few,
You call me over forgetful--
My God, if you only knew!

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