Pansies (Lawrence)/The Effort of Love—

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THE EFFORT OF LOVE———
I am worn outwith the effort of trying to love peopleand not succeeding.
Now I've made up my mindI love nobody, I'm going to love nobody,I'm not going to tell any lies about itand it's final.
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If there's a man here and there, or a womanwhom I can really like,that's quite enough for me.
And if by a miracle a woman happened to come alongwho warmed the cockles of my heartI'd rejoice over the woman and the warmed cockles of my heartso long as it didn't all fizzle out in talk.

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