I Live I Die I Burn I Drown

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I live, I die, I burn, I drown
I endure at once chill and cold
Life is at once too soft and too hard
I have sore troubles mingled with joys

Suddenly I laugh and at the same time cry
And in pleasure many a grief endure
My happiness wanes and yet it lasts unchanged
All at once I dry up and grow green

Thus I suffer love’s inconstancies
And when I think the pain is most intense
Without thinking, it is gone again.

Then when I feel my joys certain
And my hour of greatest delight arrived
I find my pain beginning all over once again.

by Louise Labe

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    2 Responses to “I Live I Die I Burn I Drown”

    1. like oh my gawd
      i love this poem
      its like
      the best one i have EVER read
      && i totally understand what its saying

    2. really amazing and a great view of life

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