Alfred Austin

30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913 / Headingley

Tis Because, Though In Dusky Bower

'Tis because, though in dusky bower,
With love delighted still thou art;
Nor hath the deepening twilight power
To lay a curfew on thy heart.
Thou lovest; and, loving, dost prolong
The sense of sunlight with thy song.
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