Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: AM I TO LOSE YOU?, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Am I to lose you now?' the words were light Last Line: "I greatly need your friendship: leave it me." Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
"AM I to lose you now?" The words were light; You spoke them, hardly seeking a reply, That day I bid you quietly "Good-bye," And sought to hide my soul away from sight. The question echoed, dear, through many a night, -- My question, not your own -- most wistfully; "Am I to lose him?" -- asked my heart of me; "Am I to lose him now, and lose him quite?" And only you can tell me. Do you care That sometimes we in quietness should stand As fellow-solitudes, hand firm in hand, And thought with thought and hope with hope compare? What is your answer? Mine must ever be, "I greatly need your friendship: leave it me." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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