Poem by Coventry Patmore

Ma Belle

Farewell, dear Heart! Since needs it must I go,
Dear Heart, farewell!
Fain would I stay, but that I love thee so.
One kiss, ma Belle!
What hope lies in the Land we do not know,
Who, Dear, can tell?
But thee I love, and let thy 'plaint be, ‘Lo,
He loved me well!’ 

1. Alexander and Lycon
2. King Cophetua The First
3. The Spirit's Depths
4. If I Were Dead
5. Semele

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