Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MARIANA, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: Not for me marring or making
Last Line: You my love whom I love and die for?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


NOT for me marring or making,
Not for me giving or taking;
I love my Love and he loves not me,
I love my Love and my heart is breaking.

Sweet is Spring in its lovely showing,
Sweet the violet veiled in blowing,
Sweet it is to love and be loved;
Ah sweet knowledge beyond my knowing!

Who sighs for love sighs but for pleasure,
Who wastes for love hoards up a treasure;
Sweet to be loved and take no count,
Sweet it is to love without measure.

Sweet my Love whom I loved to try for,
Sweet my Love whom I love and sigh for,
Will you once love me and sigh for me,
You my Love whom I love and die for?





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