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Poem by George Meredith


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Joy is fleet,
Sorrow slow.
Love, so sweet,
Sorrow will sow.
Love, that has flown
Ere day's decline,
Love to have known,
Sorrow, be mine! 



George Meredith


George Meredith's other poems:
  1. Angela Burdett-Coutts
  2. Modern Love. Sonnet 31. This Golden Head has Wit in it
  3. My Theme
  4. Modern Love. Sonnet 27. Distraction is the Panacea, Sir!
  5. King Harald's Trance


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