Poems (Henley)/Why, my heart, do we love her so
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Why, my heart, do we love her so? (Geraldine, Geraldine!)Why does the great sea ebb and flow?— Why does the round world spin?Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me my life renew:What is it worth unless I win, Love—love and you?
Why, my heart, when we speak her name (Geraldine, Geraldine!)Throbs the word like a flinging flame?— Why does the Spring begin?Geraldine, Geraldine, Bid me indeed to be:Open your heart, and take us in, Love—love and me.