Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 3, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR.


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OUT OF THE SHADOWS: AN UNFINISHED SONNET-SEQUENCE 3, by                    
First Line: What of the old love?' cries my heart to me
Last Line: Found in love's bounty of the good and true?
Subject(s): Sonnet (as Literary Form)


"What of the old love?" cries my heart to me;
Ah let it die, I say; ah let it die.
Burdened it was with love's satiety,
Weep for it, heart, and give it sigh for sigh.
Keep but its purity to give the new,
Shed all the dross its sorrowed years had borne;
Keep but its joy to cheer the journey thru,
Dry all the tears that cloud my new love's morn.
Give me the passion that the old love brought,
Add to the measure of my new love's fire;
Give me the laughter that the old love wrought,
Add to the wealth of my new love's desire.
What is the old but treasure for the new,
Found in love's bounty of the good and true?





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