Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DESERTER, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. First Line: I know not why or whence he came Last Line: The house where faith is dead. Subject(s): Absence; Love - Loss Of; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
I know not why or whence he came Or how he chanced to go; I only know he brought me love, And goingleft me woe. I do not ask that he turn back Nor seek where he may rove, For where woe rules can never be The dwelling place of love. For love went out the door of hope And on and on has fled, Caring no more to dwell within The house where faith is dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY? by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. |
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