Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LADY'S SONNET. TWILIGHT, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH


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THE LADY'S SONNET. TWILIGHT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I know not why I chose to seem so cold
Last Line: "I'll send your answer."" now I've told you all."
Subject(s): Absence; Women; Separation; Isolation


I KNOW not why I chose to seem so cold
At parting from you; for since you are gone
I see you still -- I hear each word, each tone;
And what I hid from you I wish were told.
I, who was proud and shy, seem now too bold
To write these lines -- and yet must write to own
I would unsay my words, now I'm alone.
From my dark window out upon the wold
I look. 'Twas through yon pathway to the west
I watched you going, while the sunset light
Went with you -- and a shadow seemed to fall
Upon my heart. And now I cannot rest
Till I have written; for I said, "To-night
I'll send your answer." Now I've told you all.





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