Love
Vanquished
From Sonnets and Songs (1905)
Love
Heart, here are roses burning with the South--
("Fairer was her false mouth")--
Close your tired eyes, the twilight gives you rest--
("Cool was her snowy breast").
Take of the sunshine, nor remember rain--
("Love is a cruel pain")--
Hush! you shall sleep forgetting love's alarms--
("Sleep died in her false arms").
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “Vanquished.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/119/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “Vanquished.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/119/.
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