Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS SECOND WIFE SPEAKS: 1. A PARABLE, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I longed for rest, and some one spoke me fair Last Line: And shivered there, an alien in that place. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
If two lives join there is oft a scar, They are one and one with a shadowy third. BROWNING. I LONGED for rest, and some one spoke me fair, And proffered goodly rooms wherein to dwell, Hung round with tapestries, and garnished well, That I might take mine ease and pleasure there; And there I sought a refuge from despair, A joy that should my life's long gloom dispel; But ominously through those halls there fell Strange sounds, as of old music in the air. As day went down, the music grew apace, And in the moonlight saw I, white and cold, A presence radiant in the radiant space, With smiling lips that never had grown old; And then I knew the secret none had told, And shivered there, an alien in that place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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