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WHEN LOVE WAS YOUNG by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

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First Line: WHEN LOVE WAS YOUNG, IN DAYS OF YORE
Last Line: WHEN LOVE WAS YOUNG!
Subject(s): LOVE;
WHEN Love was young, in days of yore,
On bended knee full oft I swore
To him alone I'd homage pay;
I'd love forever and a day,
And love with every day the more.

I sang his praises o'er and o'er;
I conned no missal but his lore --
Oh, but the world and I were gay
When Love was young!

His blazonry the morning bore,
And all the larks that sing and soar
Praised him upon their skyward way
. . . Ah, happy choir of yesterday,
When Love was young!





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