Why, My Heart, Do We Love Her So?
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
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.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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Scheme | aBacBdcd eBecBfcf |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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