Love

A Riddle Solved

by Coventry Patmore 1823–1896

From The Angel in the House

Love

Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,
When you, you wonder why, love none.
We love, Fool, for the good we do,
Not that which unto us is done!

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Patmore, Coventry. “A Riddle Solved.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/patmore/138/.

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