Love
Phyllis
From Embers (1895)
Love
Phyllis, I knew you once when I was young,
And travelled to your land of Arcady.
Do you, of all the songs, wild songs, before you flung,
Remember mine--its buoyant melody,
Its hope, its pride; do you remember it?
It was the song that makes the world go round;
I bought it of a Boy: in scars I paid for it,
Phyllis, to you who jested at my wound.
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MLA
Parker, Gilbert. “Phyllis.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/164/.
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Parker, Gilbert. “Phyllis.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/164/.
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