Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INDIFFERENCE, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY


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First Line: I said, for love was laggard, o, love was slow
Last Line: All sorry with the tears some folks might weep!
Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs.
Subject(s): Indifference


I said, -- for Love was laggard, O, Love was slow to come, --
"I'll hear his step and know his step when I am warm in bed;
But I'll never leave my pillow, though there be some
As would let him in -- and take him in with tears!" I said.
I lay, -- for Love was laggard, O, he came not until dawn, --
I lay and listened for his step and could not get to sleep;
And he found me at my window with my big cloak on,
All sorry with the tears some folks might weep!







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