Poem by Coventry Patmore

A Riddle Solved

Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,
When you, you wonder why, love none.
We love, Fool, for the good we do,
Not that which unto us is done!

1. Alexander and Lycon
2. King Cophetua The First
3. Regina Cœle
4. If I Were Dead
5. Deliciae Sapientiae de Amore

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