Love
Love-Making Is Like Haymaking, Soon Over
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Love
Love-making is like haymaking, soon over,
And both are mutable throughout their season.
Haymaker! hear me; thou too hear me, lover,
Nor scorn experience nor be deaf to reason.
Be quick at work; the sunny hours won't last,
And storms may come before they half are past.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Love-Making Is Like Haymaking, Soon Over.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/915/.
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