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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 44, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: How have I sigh'd, to think of my return!
Last Line: Deepens my grief amid the enshrouding gloom.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Love; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: How have I sigh'd, to think of my return!
Last Line: Deepens my grief amid the enshrouding gloom.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Love; Solitude; Loneliness
'How have I sigh'd, to think of my return!—
No eye will light with kindlier fire for me,
No heart will bide my coming, till it burn
At every sound of Love's expectancy,
No ear alert Love's Messenger to be.—
All desolate and drear my lonely room;
Deepens my grief amid the enshrouding gloom.
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