Social Commentaries
Poetic Aphorisms: Christian Love
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Social Commentaries
Whilom Love was like a tire, and warmth and comfort it bespoke;
But, alas! it now is quenched, and only bites us, like the smoke.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from Friedrich von Logau, German
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MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Christian Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/378/.
Chicago
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Christian Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/378/.
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