J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Amy Levy (1861–1889)New Love, New Life
Stone-stiff with folded wings,
Within my heart again
The brown bird wakes and sings.
Is heard by day, by night,
She sings of joy and pain,
Of sorrow and delight.
’Tis true,—in other days
Have I unbarred the door;
He knows the walks and ways
Love has been here before.
Was here in days long past;
This time is not the first,
But this time is the last.