The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti A variorum edition: Edited, with textual notes and introductions, by R. W. Crump |
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[I have loved you for long long years Ellen]
I have loved you for long long years Ellen,
On you has my heart been set;
I have loved you for long patient years,
But you do not love me yet.
On you has my heart been set;
I have loved you for long patient years,
But you do not love me yet.
Oh that the sun that rose that day
Had never and never set,
When I wooed and you did not turn away,
Tho' you could not love me yet.
Had never and never set,
When I wooed and you did not turn away,
Tho' you could not love me yet.
I lay lands and gold at your feet Ellen,
At your feet a coronet,
I lay a true heart at your feet Ellen,
But you do not love me yet.
At your feet a coronet,
I lay a true heart at your feet Ellen,
But you do not love me yet.
Oh when I too lie dead at your feet,
And in death my heart is set,
Will you love me then, cold proud Ellen,
Tho' you will not love me yet?—
And in death my heart is set,
Will you love me then, cold proud Ellen,
Tho' you will not love me yet?—
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