Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 10

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X A DIFFERENCE
"First" in my heart? Why, she is all my heart.
    There is no other;
Tho' I in her esteem have but a part,
    And many a brother.

"First" in my love? I have no other love
    Nor recollection.
Yet many names are writ my name above
    In her affection.

"First" in my life? Tell me that she must die—
    My life is over!
Tell her that I am dead—she'll give a sigh
    For her old lover.

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