Love
The Answer
From The Window; or, The Songs of the Wrens (1870)
Love
Two little hands that meet,
Claspt on her seal, my sweet!
Must I take you and break you,
Two little hands that meet?
I must take you, and break you,
And loving hands must part—
Take, take—break, break—
Break—you may break my heart.
Faint heart never won—
Break, break, and all's done.
Cite this poem
MLA
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “The Answer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/351/.
Chicago
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “The Answer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/351/.
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