Love comes and goes like a spell!
How, no one knows, nor can tell!
Now here--now there--then away!
None dreameth where!--Well-a-day!
Love should be true as the star
Seen in the blue sky afar!--
Not here--now there--like the lay
Of lutes in th' air!--Well-a-day!
Should love depart, not a tie
Binds up the heart till we die!--
Now here--now there--sad we stray
Life is all care!--Well-a-day!
Well-a-day!
George Pope Morris
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Poem topics: away, heart, life, sad, sky, star, blue, true, stray, depart, Valentine's Day, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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