Elena's Song

By Sir Henry Taylor

1800-1866

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.

DayPoems Poem No. 608
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