Versos English Arthur Sherburne Hardy Xiii

English poem

Xiii

by (1847–1930)

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Love me not, Dearest, for the smile, The tender greeting, or the wile By which, unconscious of its road, My soul seeks thine in its abode; Nor say "I love thee of thine eyes,--" For when Death shuts them, where thy skies? But love me for my love, Then am I safe from all surprise, And thou above The loss of all that dies.