When first I loved, I gave my very soul
Utterly unreserved to Love's control,
But Love deceived me, wrenched my youth away
And made the gold of life for ever grey.
Long I lived lonely, yet I tried in vain
With any other Joy to stifle pain;
There is no other joy, I learned to know,
And so returned to Love, as long ago.
Yet I, this little while ere I go hence,
Love very lightly now, in self-defence.
Verse By Taj Mahomed
Laurence Hope (adela Florence Cory Nicolson)
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Poem topics: away, life, lonely, pain, soul, gold, control, youth, joy, long, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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