Love
The grateful heart for all things blesses
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
The grateful heart for all things blesses;
Not only joy, but grief endears:
I love you for your few caresses,
I love you for your many tears.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “The grateful heart for all things blesses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/72/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “The grateful heart for all things blesses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/72/.
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