Love
One year ago my path was green
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
One year ago my path was green,
My footstep light, my brow serene;
Alas! and could it have been so
One year ago?
There is a love that is to last
When the hot days of youth are past:
Such love did a sweet maid bestow
One year ago.
I took a leaflet from her braid
And gave it to another maid.
Love! broken should have been thy bow
One year ago.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “One year ago my path was green.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/70/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “One year ago my path was green.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/70/.
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