Hemans Miscellaneous Poetry 6/How can that love so deep, so lone

by Felicia Hemans

Poems of Felicia Hemans, 1872 edition, page 565

HOW CAN THAT LOVE SO DEEP, SO LONE.

How can that love so deep, so lone,
    So faithful unto death,
Thus fitfully in laughing tone,
    In airy word, find breath?

Nay! ask how on the dark wave's breast,
    The lily's cup may gleam,
Though many a mournful secret rest
    Low in the unfathom'd stream.

That stream is like my hidden love,
    In its deep current's power;
And like the play of words above,
    That lily's trembling flower.

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