Love Not
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
1808 to 1877
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Love not!
Ere they have blossomed for a few short hours.
The rosy lip may cease to smile on you,
May perish from the gay and gladsome earth;
Faultless, immortal, till they change or die.
Love not, love not, ye hapless sons of clay!
Love flings a halo round the dear one's head,
Hope's gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers,—
In present hours as in years gone by!
Beam o'er its grave, as once upon its birth.
Love not! the thing ye love may change;
Love not!
Love not! O warning vainly said
The silent stars, the blue and smiling sky,
Things that are made to fade and fall away
The heart still warmly beat, yet not be true.
Love not!
Love not!
The kindly-beaming eye grow cold and strange,
Love not! the thing you love may die,—
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