Love
‘joy is Fleet’
From Poems — Volume 3
Love
JOY is fleet,
Sorrow slow.
Love, so sweet,
Sorrow will sow.
Love, that has flown
Ere day’s decline,
Love to have known,
Sorrow, be mine!
Cite this poem
MLA
Meredith, George. “‘joy is Fleet’.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/200/.
Chicago
Meredith, George. “‘joy is Fleet’.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/meredith/200/.
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