Love
Leave-Taking
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
Love
When the wings are Feathered,
The birds forsake their nesi;
So the Bride will leave her Home
Leaning to her Lover's breast.
The tear was in her e;
But the soul was smiling through,
I' mful of sunshine
As a drop of summer dew.
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Codex Note
From the section "Carmina Nuptialia" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
Cite this poem
MLA
Massey, Gerald. “Leave-Taking.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/136/.
Chicago
Massey, Gerald. “Leave-Taking.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/136/.
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