Song (Helen of Troy-2)

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Song
by Sara Teasdale
From Helen of Troy and Other Poems Part II


O woe is me, my heart is sad,
      For I should never know
If Love came by like any lad,
      Without his silver bow.

Or if he left his arrows sharp
      And came a minstrel weary,
I'd never tell him by his harp
      Nor know him for my dearie.

"O go your ways and have no fear,
      For tho' Love passes by,
He'll come a hundred times, my dear,
      Before your turn to die."