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FROM METASTASIO by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: FIRST, LAST, AND DEAREST
Last Line: SO LOVE I THEE.
Subject(s): CHANGE; EROTIC LOVE;

First, last, and dearest,
My love, mine own,
Thee best beloved,
Thee love alone,
Once and for ever
So love I thee.

First as a suppliant
Love makes his moan,
Then as a monarch
Sets up his throne:
Once and for ever --
So love I thee.



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