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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD, by MARGARET GROSVENOR
First Line: Love met sorrow on the road
Last Line: Love had grown a man.
Subject(s): Grief; Love; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Love met sorrow on the road
Last Line: Love had grown a man.
Subject(s): Grief; Love; Sorrow; Sadness
Love met Sorrow on the road
And joined his step to hers,
Asked: 'Why should we walk apart,
Two lonely travellers?'
Love was but a slender boy,
Sorrow bent and old.
'Whoever walks with me,' she said,
'Must be very bold!'
Love cried smiling: 'Everything
But loneliness I dare.
What our journey brings to us,
Sorrow, we will share.'
When together hand in hand
Their pilgrimage began,
Sorrow had the step of youth,
Love had grown a man.
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