Better to have the love of one
Leigh Hunt
1784 to 1859
Better to have the love of one
Than smiles like morning dew;
Better to have a living seed
Than flowers of every hue.
Better to feel a love within
Than be lovely to the sight;
Better a homely tenderness
Than beauty's wild delight.
Better to love than be beloved,
Though lonely all the day;
Better the fountain in the heart
Than the fountain by the way.
Better the thanks of one dear heart
Than a nation's voice of praise;
Better the twilight ere the dawn
Than yesterday's mid-blaze.
Leigh Hunt's Better to have the love of one
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