Love
My Hopes Retire; My Wishes as Before
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
My hopes retire; my wishes as before
Struggle to find their resting-place in vain:
The ebbing sea thus beats against the shore;
The shore repels it; it returns again.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “My Hopes Retire; My Wishes as Before.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/289/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “My Hopes Retire; My Wishes as Before.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/289/.
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