Love
Soon, O Ianthe! Life Is O'er
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er,
And sooner beauty's heavenly smile:
Grant only (and I ask no more),
Let love remain that little while.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon, O Ianthe! Life Is O'er.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/296/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon, O Ianthe! Life Is O'er.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/296/.
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