Love
Fear
From Many Voices (1922)
Love
IF you were here,
Hopes, dreams, ambitions, faith would disappear,
Drowned in your eyes; and I should touch your hand,
Forgetting all that now I understand.
For you confuse my life with memories
Of unrememberable ecstasies
Which were, and are not, and can never be; . . .
Ah! keep the whole earth between you and me.
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Codex Note
From Many Voices (1922)
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Nesbit, E. “Fear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nesbit/249/.
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Nesbit, E. “Fear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nesbit/249/.
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