Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love

George EliotGeorge Eliot22 Nov 1819 – 22 Dec 1880

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"La noche buena se viene,
La noche buena se va,
Y nosotros nos iremos
Y no volveremos mas."
-- Old Villancico.Sweet evenings come and go, love,
They came and went of yore:
This evening of our life, love,
Shall go and come no more.When we have passed away, love,
All things will keep their name;
But yet no life on earth, love,
With ours will be the same.The daisies will be there, love,
The stars in heaven will shine:
I shall not feel thy wish, love,
Nor thou my hand in thine.A better time will come, love,
And better souls be born:
I would not be the best, love,
To leave thee now forlorn.
George Eliot
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George Eliot

George Eliot is widely recognized as one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century; yet her two volumes of poetry are often ignored in modern critical assessments. Like so many of her contemporaries, Eliot tried to make significant literary cont…

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