Oh, Love Me! Love Me Still!
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
1808 to 1877
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Whom thou art vainly flying!
Though thou art doom'd to leave me;
Then turn thee yet awhile,
What, though the cold world smile,
To him whose footstep bends
Its soul of perfumed breathing,
Its scorn can never move thee;
The blossoms 'neath its wreathing,
Then love me! love me still!
So my crush'd heart to thee
And love me! love me still!
And, dying, haunts him still;
And as the crush'd flower sends
Will send love's last faint sighing;
Whilst thou art blest, no ill
Of frowning fate can grieve me.
Who loves thee, loves thee still!
Oh, love me! love me still!
Till I can cease to love thee!
Thy dreams of her shall be