Nature
Lui
From Grass of Parnassus
Nature
Nay, pleasure flits, and we must sail,
And seek him everywhere;
Perchance in sunset’s golden pale
He listens to the nightingale,
Amid the perfumed air.
Come, he has fled; you are not you,
And I no more am I;
Delight is changeful as the hue
Of heaven, that is no longer blue
In yonder sunset sky.
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MLA
Lang, Andrew. “Lui.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/36/.
Chicago
Lang, Andrew. “Lui.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lang/36/.
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