Poem: “Love” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Love

A life was mine full of the close concern

Of many-voiced affairs. The world sped fast;

Behind me, ever rolled a pregnant past.

A present came equipped with lore to learn.

Art, science, letters, in their turn,

Each one allured me with its treasures vast;

And I staked all for wisdom, till at last

Thou cam’st and taught my soul anew to yearn.

I had not dreamed that I could turn away

From all that men with brush and pen had wrought;

But ever since that memorable day

When to my heart the truth of love was brought,

I have been wholly yielded to its sway,

And had no room for any other thought.

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