Love's Chastening Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Love's Chastening

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Once Love grew bold and arrogant of air,
Proud of the youth that made him fresh and fair;
So unto Grief he spake, 'What right hast thou
To part or parcel of this heart?' Grief's brow
Was darkened with the storm of inward strife;
Thrice smote he Love as only he might dare,
And Love, pride purged, was chastened all his life.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Ohio / United States
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