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		VWhy, my heart, do we love her so?(Geraldine, Geraldine!)
 Why does the great sea ebb and flow? -
 Why does the round world spin?
 Geraldine, Geraldine,
 Bid me my life renew:
 What is it worth unless I win,
 Love—love and you?
 Why, my heart, when we speak her name(Geraldine, Geraldine!)
 Throbs the word like a flinging flame? -
 Why does the Spring begin?
 Geraldine, Geraldine,
 Bid me indeed to be:
 Open your heart, and take us in,
 Love—love and me.
 
		
			
	
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								Chicago: 
								William Ernest Henley, "V," Poems, ed. Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in  Poems (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HQD2Y4RKLHWXY8.
								
							 
								MLA: 
								Henley, William Ernest. "V." Poems, edited by Keil, Heinrich, 1822-1894, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in  Poems, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HQD2Y4RKLHWXY8.
								
							 
								Harvard: 
								Henley, WE, 'V' in Poems, ed.  and trans. . cited in  ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Poems, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HQD2Y4RKLHWXY8.
								
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