Love
Destiny Uncertain
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
Gracefully shy is yon Gazelle:
And are those eyes, so clear, so mild,
Only to shine upon a wild
And be reflected in a shallow well?
Ah! who can tell?
If she grows tamer, who shall pat
Her neck? who wreathe the flowers around?
Who give the name? who pace the ground?
Pondering these things a grave old Dervish sat.
And sigh'd. Ah! who can tell?
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Destiny Uncertain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/75/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Destiny Uncertain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/75/.
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