Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RENOUNCEMENT, by ALICE MEYNELL


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First Line: I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong
Last Line: I run, I run, I am gathered to thy heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Love; Love - Loss Of


I MUST not think of thee; and, tired yet strong,
I shun the thought that lurks in all delight --
The thought of thee -- and in the blue Heaven's height,
And in the sweetest passage of a song.
Oh, just beyond the fairest thoughts that throng
This breast, the thought of thee waits, hidden yet bright;
But it must never, never come in sight;
I must stop short of thee the whole day long.
But when sleep comes to close each difficult day,
When night gives pause to the long watch I keep,
And all my bonds I needs must loose apart,
Must doff my will as raiment laid away, --
With the first dream that comes with the first sleep
I run, I run, I am gathered to thy heart.




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