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A MOOD OF LOVE by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: DO I LOVE THEE? WHO CAN TELL?
Last Line: HOW DIVINE THE FEET THAT GO.
Subject(s): 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.



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