Love
Heraldic
From Ballads for Sale (1927)
Love
I have often a vision of your face,
Seen through the crossing branches of young trees.
Your face, as a white, flowing water,
At a little distance, beyond the reeds of a shallow shore.
Ironical, my lady, that Spring, the barb and whetstone of my love,
Should net you from me in leaves and whisperings!
Yet I would not lose even this,
Although the sight and leashing tease me to madness.
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MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Heraldic.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/430/.
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Lowell, Amy. “Heraldic.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/430/.
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