Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOW AND THEN, by GERALD MASSEY


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First Line: O love will make the leal heart ache
Last Line: She -- passes babe-in-arms.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bandiera
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Transience; Impermanence


O LOVE will make the leal heart ache
That never ached before;
And meek or merry eyes 'twill make
With solemn tears run o'er.
In tears we parted tenderly,
My Love and I lang syne;
And evermore she vowed to be
Mine own, aye mine, all mine!

Sing O the tree is blossoming,
But the worm is at the root;
And many a darling flower of Spring
Will never come to fruit.
We meet now in the streets of life;
All gone, the old sweet charms;
At my side leans a loving Wife;
She -- passes Babe-in-arms.





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