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1861–1929

LXXXVI

Bliss Carman

Love is so strong a thing, The very gods must yield, When it is welded fast With the unflinching truth.

Love is so frail a thing, A word, a look, will kill. Oh lovers, have a care How ye do deal with love.

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LXXXVI · Bliss Carman · Poetry Cove