I said to my heart, to my restless heart: "Love one—one only—nor seek to part: "The love that wanders from flower to flower "Wastes in stray fancies each blissful hour." But my heart replied: "For my Paradise "Eve's self—Eve only—would scarce suffice: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the joys of the Past more dear." I said to my heart, to my wayward heart: "What charm can lie in each varied smart? "The love that ever delights to range "But finds fresh sorrow in each fresh change." But my heart replied to me: "Manhood scorns "To pluck sweet roses devoid of thorns: "To change one's love with the changing year "But makes the pains of the Past more dear!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOTHER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET (DE VOLTAIRE) by EZRA POUND THE UNDERGRADUATE KILLED IN BATTLE; OXFORD, 1915 by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE SHAPE OF THE CORONER by WALLACE STEVENS THE FLOATING MORMON by KAREN SWENSON |