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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Richard Le Gallienne1866–1947

Regret

ONE asked of regret,

And I made reply:

To have held the bird,

And let it fly;

To have seen the star

For a moment nigh,

And lost it

Through a slothful eye;

To have plucked the flower

And cast it by;

To have one only hope—

To die.