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