V

Name: Poems - V
Author: William Ernest Henley

Why, 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 March 28, 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. 28 Mar. 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 28 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9HQD2Y4RKLHWXY8.