Love
On One in Illness
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
Health, strength, and beauty, who would not resign,
And lie neglected by the world, if you
Round his faint neck your loving arms would twine,
And bathe his aching brow with pity's dew?
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On One in Illness.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/56/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “On One in Illness.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/56/.
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