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Poem by Lesbia Harford


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


Lesbia Harford's other poems:
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  2. He had served eighty masters. They'd have said
  3. All through the day at my machine
  4. Child Sun
  5. I can't feel the sunshine


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