Love
Song
From Collected Poems (1920)
Love
At poet's tears,
Sweeter than any smiles but hers,
She laughs; I sigh;
And yet I could not live if she should die.
And when in June
Once more the cuckoo spoils his tune,
She laughs at sighs;
And yet she says she loves me till she dies.
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Thomas, Edward. “Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/96/.
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Thomas, Edward. “Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas_e/96/.
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