Quote#God & Faith
I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong
Quote byAlice Meynell · 1847–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1893), "Renouncement", p. 71.
English (original)
I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong, I shun the thought that lurks in all delight— The thought of thee—and in the blind Heaven's height, And in the sweetest passage of a song.
— Alice Meynell
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