Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Oliver Madox Brown 185574Lauras Song
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If our love live or die,—
If thou thy frailty, sweet, should prove,
Or my soul thine deny?
Yet merging sorrow in delight,
Love’s dream disputes our devious night.
For our heart’s vague desire,
Nor if our longing come to naught,
Or burn in aimless fire;
Let them alone, we ’ll waste no sighs:
Cling closer, love, and close thine eyes!