English poem
I loved my love from green of Spring
Until sere Autumn's fall; But now that leaves are withering How should one love at all? One heart's too small For hunger, cold, love, everything.
I loved my love on sunny days Until late Summer's wane; But now that frost begins to glaze How should one love again? Nay, love and pain Walk wide apart in diverse ways.
I loved my love--alas to see That this should be, alas! I thought that this could scarcely be, Yet has it come to pass: Sweet sweet love was, Now bitter bitter grown to me.
More by Christina Rossetti
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- I dream of you to wake: would that I might
- I dreamed and did not seek: to-day I seek
- I love and love not: Lord, it breaks my heart
- I loved you first: but afterwards your love
- I marked where lovely Venus and her court
- I plucked pink blossoms from mine apple-tree
- I took my heart in my hand