Love
Thou Pityest; and Why Hidest Thou Thy Pity?
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
Thou pityest; and why hidest thou thy pity?
Let the warm springs of thy full heart gush forth
Before the surface cool: no fear that ever
The inner fountain a fresh stream deny.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Thou Pityest; and Why Hidest Thou Thy Pity?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/425/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Thou Pityest; and Why Hidest Thou Thy Pity?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/425/.
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