Love
There Is, Alas! a Chill, a Gloom
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
There is, alas! a chill, a gloom,
About my solitary room
That will not let one flowret bloom
Even for you:
The withering leaves appear to say,
" Shine on, shine on, O lovely May!
But we meanwhile must drop away."
Light! life! adieu.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Is, Alas! a Chill, a Gloom.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/411/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “There Is, Alas! a Chill, a Gloom.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/411/.
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