Love
My Fragrant Lime, I Loved Thee Long Before
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
My fragrant Lime, I loved thee long before,
Rose calls thee Linden, now I love thee more.
Her breath can make the unripe blossom blow,
And Spring revive afresh, entombed in snow.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “My Fragrant Lime, I Loved Thee Long Before.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/905/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “My Fragrant Lime, I Loved Thee Long Before.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/905/.
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