Unbroken Hearts

Unbroken hearts remain most lonely,

For as the sun in azure east doth rise,

So falls again, in perception only.

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So speaks the wisdom of the homely,

Despite success and other lies,

Unbroken hearts remain most lonely.

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Though solitude should seem so holy,

‘Tis love which raises brighter skies

To fall again, in perception only.

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In darkness swells affection coldly,

That by the blinding of their eyes,

Unbroken hearts remain most lonely.

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By hope of dawn ye might love boldly,

For ‘tis broken days which bear the lights

That fall again, in perception only.

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Thus seek not solace in such folly;

Remember that, though love in memory dies,

Unbroken hearts remain most lonely—

So, fall again, in perception only.