Love
To Sad-Heart
From The Singing Leaves (1903)
Love
I have a word for you,
For you, Sad-Heart,
And pray you keep it till the dawn come true,
And sorrow part.
I never bid you doff
A single care:
But ever till to-morrow, O, put off—
Put off Despair!
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MLA
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “To Sad-Heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/16/.
Chicago
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “To Sad-Heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/16/.
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