Larghetto by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
Grant me but a day, love, But a day, Ere I give my heart, My heart away, Ere I say the word I'll ne'er unsay.
Is it earnest with me? Is it play? Did the world in arms Cry to me, "Stay!" Not a moment then Would I delay.
Yet, for very love, I say thee nay. Ere I give my heart, My heart away, Grant me but a day, love, But a day!
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