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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE, by IYDA REBECCA HIRSH
First Line: A man from youth to age has grown
Last Line: Have made a prisoner of his heart.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: A man from youth to age has grown
Last Line: Have made a prisoner of his heart.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
A man from youth to age has grown,
No friend has he, but walks alone.
He never learned to sing or smile
But frowned and grumbled all the while.
A man aloof from love and hate,
Whose heart with gold alone was sate,
Who longed for wealth and longed for power,
But human kindness claimed no hour.
That man who took but never gave
Now stands alone, both sad and grave.
His tapestry and treasured art
Have made a prisoner of his heart.
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