Landon in The Literary Gazette 1824/Song 13

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

For works with similar titles, see Song (Letitia Elizabeth Landon).

Literary Gazette, 4th September, 1824, Pages 572

Oh! no, no, this love is not love for me;
    This life and death love is too grave:
Be mine like the flight of yon sea bird, whose wings
    Just skim, but sink not in, the wave.

If but for one moment a chain I could bear,
    It must be as light as the day;
Oh! form it of opals, which change with the sky,
    A fresh colour for every ray. L. E. L.