These Things That Poets Said
THESE things that poets saidOf love seemed true to meWhen I loved and I fedOn love and poetry equally.
But now I wish I knewIf theirs were love indeed,Or if mine were the trueAnd theirs some other lovely weed:
For certainly not thus,Then or thereafter, ILoved ever. Between usDecide, good Love, before I die.
Only, that once I lovedBy this one argumentIs very plainly proved:I, loving not, am different.
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