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Love’s Easter—Sonnet

Andrew Lang

Love died here
Long ago;—
O’er his bier,
Lying low,
Poppies throw;
Shed no tear;
Year by year,
Roses blow!

Year by year,
Adon—dear
To Love’s Queen—
Does not die!
Wakes when green
May is nigh!
Online text © 1998-2008 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Rhymes a la Mode | Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885
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