The Wrongs of Love
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Alas, how bitter are the wrongs of love
Life has no other sorrow so acute :
For love is made of every fine emotion,
Of generous impulses, and noble thoughts ;
It looketh to the stars, and dreams of Heaven ;
It nestles 'mid the flowers, and sweetens earth.
Love is aspiring, yet is humble, too:
It doth exalt another o'er itself,
With sweet heart-homage, which delights to raise
That which it worships ; yet is fain to win
The idol to its lone and lowly home
Of deep affection. Tis an utter wreck
When such hopes perish. From that moment, life
Has in its depths a well of bitterness,
For which there is no healing.
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Submitted by Madeleine Quinn on July 15, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 112 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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