Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WIFE IS AWAY, by LEVI BISHOP


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First Line: Oh welcome, lone cricket, thy song
Last Line: The wife who is far, far away.
Subject(s): Absence; Marriage; Solitude; Separation; Isolation; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Loneliness


Oh welcome, lone cricket, thy song,
Tho' never so dull be thy lay;
Oh linger, thy music prolong,
For now the dear wife is away.

The hall and the kitchen are mute,
Where Bridget of late had her say;
Nor even the clock will dispute,
That the mistress of all is away.

The dining-room, cosy and neat,
Is shrouded in gloom and dismay;
We miss that dear social retreat,
Whenever the wife is away.

The parlor is lonely and drear,
In spite of its tasteful display;
It has not a smile or a cheer,
So long as the wife is away.

The pictures that hang on the wall,
Are now but a dismal array;
The dear, charming picture of all --
The wife -- is away, far away.

The evening her curtain may spread,
The beams of the noon to allay;
The flowers their sweet odors may shed,
Yet still the dear wife is away.

Then heavy must be our refrain --
A sigh in the brief roundelay,
Until she returns once again --
The wife who is far, far away.





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