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Poem for May 18, 2023

The poem for May 18, 2023 is "COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE" by Robert Herrick.

COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE

by Robert Herrick

What needs complaints,

When she a place

Has with the race

Of saints?

In endless mirth,

She thinks not on

What's said or done

In earth:

She sees no tears,

Or any tone

Of thy deep groan

She hears;

Nor does she mind,

Or think on't now,

That ever thou

Wast kind:--

But changed above,

She likes not there,

As she did here,

Thy love.

--Forbear, therefore,

And lull asleep

Thy woes, and weep

No more.

About this daily poem

Daily date
May 18, 2023
Poem
COMFORT TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE
Poet
Robert Herrick
Themes
love, grief, identity, sea

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