These Things that Poets Said
[THESE THINGS THAT POETS SAID] by EDWARD THOMAS
These things that poets said
Of love seemed true to me
When I loved and I fed
On love and poetry equally.
But now I wish I knew
If theirs were love indeed,
Or if mine were the true
And theirs some other lovely weed:
For certainly not thus,
Then or thereafter, I
Loved ever. Betwee us
Decide, good Love, before I die.
Only, that once I loved
By this one argument
Is very plainly proved:
I, loving not, am different.
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These Things that Poets Said
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| Author |
Thomas, Edward (1878-1917)
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| Notes |
Alternatively entitled 'Those things that poets said' by Longley, in 'Edward Thomas: The Annotated Collected Poems'.
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| Item date |
1979
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| Copyright |
Copyright Edward Thomas, 1979, reproduced under licence from Faber and Faber Ltd.
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ProQuest
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| First line |
These things that poets said
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| Publication source |
Edward Thomas Collected Poems
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| Publication editor |
Thomas, George
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| Publishers |
Faber and Faber
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| Publication place |
London
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Collection
Citation
“These Things that Poets Said,” by Thomas, Edward (1878-1917). Copyright Edward Thomas, 1979, reproduced under licence from Faber and Faber Ltd. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/2954.
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