MY grief comes back after an interval Of years. How strong it seems! Is my defeat Assured and final still? Shall I repeat My failure? Am I ever sorrow's thrall? Sometimes old griefs can loom again so tall We are afraid of kindness, and the sweet New truth of love we cannot bear to meet; -- Our past would seem to hold us after all. We know men go in circles when they're lost: My grief must prove that I have gone astray. I cross again the very path I crossed Before! I stand abreast of the old pain: I am not changed. I am as yesterday, And feel the weight of my old sorrow's chain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHAT AILS THIS HEART O'MINE? by SUSANNA BLAMIRE THE DEATH OF SLAVERY by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT GEORGE MOSES HORTON, MYSELF by GEORGE MOSES HORTON BEDOUIN [LOVE] SONG by BAYARD TAYLOR A FRAGMENT OF AN EPIC POEM, OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A GAME by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SONNET TO HEAVENLY BEAUTY by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |