Английская поэзия


ГлавнаяБиографииСтихи по темамСлучайное стихотворениеПереводчикиСсылкиАнтологии
Рейтинг поэтовРейтинг стихотворений

Lesbia Harford (Лесбия Харфорд)


Love is not love . . .


When I was still a child
I thought my love would be
Noble, truthful, brave,
And very kind to me.
Then all the novels said
That if my lover prove
No such man as this
He had to forfeit love.
Now I know life holds
Harder tasks in store.
If my lover fail
I must love him more.
Should he prove unkind,
What am I, that he
Squander soul and strength
Smoothing life for me?
Weak or false or cruel
Love must still be strong.
All my life I'll learn
How to love as long.



Lesbia Harford's other poems:
  1. Closing Time: Public Library
  2. He had served eighty masters. They'd have said
  3. Do you remember still the little song
  4. Florence kneels down to say her prayers
  5. All through the day at my machine


Распечатать стихотворение. Poem to print Распечатать (Print)

Количество обращений к стихотворению: 1251


Последние стихотворения


To English version


Рейтинг@Mail.ru

Английская поэзия. Адрес для связи eng-poetry.ru@yandex.ru