Song

By Thomas Lovell Beddoes

1803-1849


HOW many times do I love thee, dear?
         Tell me how many thoughts there be
         In the atmosphere
         Of a new-fall'n year,
Whose white and sable hours appear
         The latest flake of Eternity:
So many times do I love thee, dear.

How many times do I love again?
         Tell me how many beads there are
         In a silver chain
         Of evening rain,
Unravell'd from the tumbling main,
         And threading the eye of a yellow star:
So many times do I love again.

DayPoems Poem No. 620
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