I have selected a few of my favourite poems. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I did :
BELIEVE ME
BELIEVE ME, if all those endearing charms
Which I gaze on so fondly to-day
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms
Like fairy-gifts fading away.
Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art
Let thy loveliness — fade as it will
And around the dear ruin, each wish of my heart
Would entwine itself verdantly still.
It is not while beauty and youth are thy own
And thy cheeks– unprofaned by a tear
That the fervour and faith of a soul can be known
To which time will make thee more dear.
No, the heart that has truly loved —never forgets
But, as truly, loves on to the close
As the sunflower turns on…
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