“If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather”

"A Match", line 1.
Poems and Ballads (1866-89)
Context: If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes,
Green pasture or gray grief;
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf.

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English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic 1837–1909

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