Living
Flattered on My Youth
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Flatter me not with idle tales of youth,
But rather flatter me than tell the truth:
My youth might not have gone had you been by,
And you been happy, tho' far less than I.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Flattered on My Youth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/817/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Flattered on My Youth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/817/.
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