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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXILES, by VINCENT JAMES O'SULLIVAN
First Line: The sick crusader watches
Last Line: In the dead glare at the well.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'suilleabhain, Sean
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting
First Line: The sick crusader watches
Last Line: In the dead glare at the well.
Alternate Author Name(s): O'suilleabhain, Sean
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting
The sick crusader watches
Through the window the fall of snow;
She stands under the palm-trees watching
The slow black caravans go.
She sees him by the window watching
The vacant snow-flakes fall;
He sees her in the hot sun standing
Sorrowful, white, and tall.
She hears him through the snow telling her
All in his heart to tell —
Beneath the moveless palm-trees
In the dead glare at the well.
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