Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: 15, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD


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SONG: 15, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For love of you my lute was strung
Last Line: Which were so sweet for love of you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs.
Subject(s): Love; Singing & Singers


FOR love of you my lute was strung,
When life and hope and song were new,
And all were sweet for love of you.

For love of you from June to June
My heart beat to a triumph tune,
And music rose by sea and land,
In answer to a victor's hand.

For love of you from sun to sun,
I strove to sing when songs were done,
And on each failing string my tears
Burnt silence, through the empty years.

But broken now 'neath evening skies,
My lute for ever tuneless lies,
And I but mourn the songs I knew,
Which were so sweet for love of you.







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