Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er
Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er, And sooner beauty's heavenly smile: Grant only (and I ask no more), Let love remain that little while.
Walter Savage Landor
Soon, O Ianthe! life is o'er, And sooner beauty's heavenly smile: Grant only (and I ask no more), Let love remain that little while.
Walter Savage Landor’s speaker addresses Ianthe with a quiet urgency, aware that both life and beauty are fleeting. He doesn’t fight against that fact or try to deny it — instead, he makes a single, simple request: that love linger just a little longer.
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