Love
To Miss Power
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
I can not very plainly tell
What hair the nearest yours may dwell,
When with the sweetest blossoms Love
Shall decorate the blest alcove,
Which he alone hath skill to raise
And shelter from all stormy days.
But, lady fair, the reason why
Its colour hath escaped the eye,
Is, that your laurel quite obscures
The hair that ventures nearest yours.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “To Miss Power.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/539/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “To Miss Power.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/539/.
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