Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EXMOOR VERSES: 3. DERELICTION, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH


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First Line: O'er the tears that we shed, dear
Last Line: And forget the broken vows!
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Love - Complaints


O'ER the tears that we shed, dear,
The bitter vines twist,
And the hawk and the red deer
They keep where we kiss'd:
All empty lies the shieling
That sheltered from rain,
With a star to pierce the ceiling,
And the wind a broken pane.

Thro' the mist, up the moorway,
Fade hunters and pack;
Down the ridge to the doorway
Homing voices float back...
O, between the threads of mist, love,
Reach your hands from the house:
Only mind that we kiss'd, love,
And forget the broken vows!





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