WE stood in the shrill electric light, Dumb and sick in the whirling din We who had all of love to say And a single second to say it in. "Good-by!" "Good-by!"--you turned to go, I felt the train's slow heavy start, You thought to see me cry, but oh My tears were hidden in my heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE COLD NIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS LITANY by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN THE BROKEN FIELD by SARA TEASDALE BROTHER GENE by EVA K. ANGLESBURG |