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NOW AND THEN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: AND HAD YOU LOVED ME THEN, MY DEAR
Last Line: OUR SUN IS IN THE WEST.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS;
AND had you loved me then, my dear,
And had you loved me there,
When still the sun was in the east
And hope was in the air, --
When all the birds sang to the dawn
And I but sang to you, --
Oh, had you loved me then, my dear,
And had you then been true!

But ah! the day wore on, my dear,
And when the noon grew hot
The drowsy birds forgot to sing,
And you and I forgot
To talk of love, or live for faith,
Or build ourselves a nest;
And now our hearts are shelterless,
Our sun is in the west.





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