Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BROKEN BONDS, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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BROKEN BONDS, by                    
First Line: Released! Released! Yes, broken is the chain
Last Line: And gains, instead, scorn's stormy crags and night!
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Pain; Suffering; Misery


Released! released! Yes, broken is the chain
Which held the slavish heart in such duress
That all but love seemed less than nothingness,
And hell lurked in a woman's least disdain,
And heaven linked itself with her caress!
An end, at last, to vows that plight in vain
And make a mockery of love to gain
Pride's pitiable fee—or something less!
An end to explanations which confess
The meagerness of human trust, and drain
The very founts of confidence—and pain!
An end to joys and tortures none can guess
Save he who struggles for love's sunlit height
And gains, instead, scorn's stormy crags and night!





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