Love
When a Man Truly Loves He Is at Best
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
When a man truly loves he is at best
A frail thermometer to the beloved:
His spirits rise and fall but at her breath,
And shower and sunshine are divined from her.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “When a Man Truly Loves He Is at Best.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/618/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “When a Man Truly Loves He Is at Best.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/618/.
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