Love
I loved thee, beautiful and kind
From Lyra Elegantiarum, ed. Frederick Locker (London: E. Moxon, 1867)
Love
I loved thee, beautiful and kind,
And plighted an eternal vow;
So alter'd are thy face and mind,
'Twere perjury to love thee now.
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Nugent, Robert Craggs, Earl Nugent. “I loved thee, beautiful and kind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nugent/1/.
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Nugent, Robert Craggs, Earl Nugent. “I loved thee, beautiful and kind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nugent/1/.
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