Love
In Wrath a Youth Was Heard to Say
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
In wrath a youth was heard to say,
"From girl so false I turn away.
By all that's sacred ice shall burn
And sun shall freeze ere I return."
But as he went, at least one finger
Within her hand was found to linger;
One foot, that should outstrip the wind,
(But only one) drew loads behind.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “In Wrath a Youth Was Heard to Say.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/514/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “In Wrath a Youth Was Heard to Say.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/514/.
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