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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Part 7 — SIR HENRY TAYLOR

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1800-1886

656.

Elena’s Song

QUOTH tongue of neither maid nor wife To heart of neither wife nor maid— Lead we not here a jolly life Betwixt the shine and shade? Quoth heart of neither maid nor wife To tongue of neither wife nor maid— Thou wagg’st, but I am worn with strife, And feel like flowers that fade.

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