Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (10), by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON


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First Line: Oh! Breathe not of love
Last Line: And give me his wings.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Love


OH! breathe not of love,
Or breathe not to me,
If constant for aye
Must your love-motto be.
Where are the things
The fairest on earth;
Is it not in their change
That their beauty has birth?
The neck of the peacock,
The iris's dyes,
The light in the opal,
The April-day skies: --
Would they be lovely,
As all of them are,
But for the chance
And the change that are there?
Breathe no vow to me,
I will give none of mine;
Love must light in an instant,
As quickly decline.
His blushes, his sighs,
Are bewildering things;
Then away with his fetters,
And give me his wings.





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