Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH. |
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LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH.
Death cannot sunder us! our twofold threadIs so close intertwin'd, so intricate
And so intrinse, that, were the two strands hate
And love, they scarcely could be severèd;
How then, repulsion none, love sole instead!
Or as two streams, scarce ever separate
(So near their sources joinèd their estate),
Flow on together, once and ever wed!
We could not think of severance! That thought
Itself were as a death: by that small breach,
Imagined, Death would enter; thence were wrought
A chasm to rend our twi-une heart, and each
O' t'other side would stand, with anguish fraught,
And in the gulf fall, straining to o'er-reach!
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