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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES BY A PERSON OF QUALITY, by JOHN BOWYER BUCHANAN NICHOLS Poet's Biography
First Line: The loves that doubted, the loves that dissembled
Last Line: What should they do but weep?
Alternate Author Name(s): Nichols, Bowyer
Subject(s): Doubt; Grief; Skepticism; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: The loves that doubted, the loves that dissembled
Last Line: What should they do but weep?
Alternate Author Name(s): Nichols, Bowyer
Subject(s): Doubt; Grief; Skepticism; Sorrow; Sadness
THE loves that doubted, the loves that dissembled,
That still mistrusted themselves and trembled,
That held back their hands and would not touch;
Who strained sad eyes to look more nearly,
And saw too curiously and clearly
What others blindly clutch;
To whom their passion seemed only seeming,
Who dozed and dreamed they were only dreaming,
And fell in a dusk of dreams on sleep;
When dreams and darkness are rent asunder,
And morn makes mock of their doubts and wonder,
What should they do but weep?
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