Love
Heart and Hand
From Sonnets and Songs (1905)
Love
Singing, he smote his heart--
The woman smiled,
And Love leaped, flaming,
Into being--wild.
Singing, he smote his hands--
The woman sighed,
And Love grew weary,
Turned his face, and died.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “Heart and Hand.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/95/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “Heart and Hand.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/95/.
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