Why, My Heart, Do We Love Her So?

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Title:     Why, My Heart, Do We Love Her So?
Author: William Ernest Henley [More Titles by Henley]

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.

[The end]
William Ernest Henley's poem: Why, My Heart, Do We Love Her So?

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