The works of Lord Byron A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and R. E. Prothero |
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TO A LADY
WHO PRESENTED THE AUTHOR WITH THE VELVET BAND WHICH BOUND HER TRESSES.
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This Band, which bound thy yellow hairIs mine, sweet girl! thy pledge of love;
It claims my warmest, dearest care,
Like relics left of saints above.
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Oh! I will wear it next my heart;'Twill bind my soul in bonds to thee:
From me again 'twill ne'er depart,
But mingle in the grave with me.
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The dew I gather from thy lipIs not so dear to me as this;
That I but for a moment sip,
And banquet on a transient bliss:
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This will recall each youthful scene,E'en when our lives are on the wane;
The leaves of Love will still be green
When Memory bids them bud again.
1806.
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