Nature
Elena's Song
From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)
Nature
Quoth tongue of neither maid nor wife
To heart of neither wife nor maid —
Lead we not here a jolly life
Betwixt the shine and shade?
Quoth
Quoth heart of neither maid nor wife
To tongue of neither wife nor maid —
Thou wagg'st, but I am worn with strife,
And feel like flowers that fade.
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MLA
Taylor, Henry. “Elena's Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_h/0/.
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Taylor, Henry. “Elena's Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_h/0/.
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