Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REFUSAL, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON


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First Line: You had loved my laughter
Last Line: As love's offering!
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited


You had loved my laughter,
So I brought my tears, --
Ah! 'twas then and after
That the frowning years
Bade me, dumb and lonely,
Learn the lesson taught,
That my laughter only
Was the boon you sought.
Hushed, I laid my weeping
In a chamber still,
Where, awake or sleeping,
I could dream at will
That your love would share it
As a sacred thing, --
That your pride would wear it
As Love's offering!





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