Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE; SONNET, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poet's Biography First Line: Absent from thee, beloved, I am pent Last Line: "and cry, ""o time! Haste! Bring my love to me!" Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
ABSENT from thee, beloved, I am pent In utter solitude, where'er I be; My wonted pleasures give me small content Wanting the highest, -- to be shared by thee. Reading, -- I deem I misemploy my eyes, Save in the sweet perusal of thine own; Talking, -- I mind me, with enamoured sighs, What finer use my moving lips have known When (as some kind orchestral instrument Takes up the note the singer failed to reach) Uncounted kisses rapturously lent The finished meaning to my halting speech; Remembering this, I fondly yearn for thee, And cry, "O Time! haste! bring my love to me!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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