The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is …

Robert Graves
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The difference between you and her (whom I to you did once prefer) Is clear enough to settle: She like a diamond shone, but you Shine like an early drop of dew Poised on a red rose petal. The dew-drop carries in its eye Mountain and forest, sea and sky, With every change of weather; Contrariwise, a diamond splits The prospect into idle bits That none can piece together. ✨ Robert Graves (1972). Poems, Penguin Books Ltd
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