Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]

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Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

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Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company

1909

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A MOOD OF LOVE.

 DO I love thee?  Who can tell? Time was when I loved thee well: Is this love that now I bear, Or does Use Love's semblance wear?  

 Should I grieve if thou wert gone? Should I miss thee, left alone? Would the summer be less sweet If our lips should never meet?  

 If some other fairer Fair Fettered thee with silken snare, Should I sorrow to behold Thee her captive—mine of old?  

 Ah, it may be, should we part, I should learn how dear thou art,— When the gods withdraw we know How divine the feet that go.  