I said to my heart, to my restless heart: "Love one—one only—nor seek to part: "The love that wanders from flower to flower "Wastes in stray fancies each blissful hour." But my heart replied: "For my Paradise "Eve's self—Eve only—would scarce suffice: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the joys of the Past more dear." I said to my heart, to my wayward heart: "What charm can lie in each varied smart? "The love that ever delights to range "But finds fresh sorrow in each fresh change." But my heart replied to me: "Manhood scorns "To pluck sweet roses devoid of thorns: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the pains of the Past more dear!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GODS OF THE COPYBOOK HEADINGS by RUDYARD KIPLING MUIOPOTMOS, OR THE FATE OF THE BUTTERFLIE by EDMUND SPENSER THE SALZBURG CHIMES by HENRY ALFORD LILIES: 27. THE WAVE-TOSSED VESSEL by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |