OUT of his life she will go quietly— So soft her going that he will not guess Withdrawal from him of her tenderness ... She will put barriers he cannot see Between them—bar him imperceptibly. ... And he will wonder—when she sees him less— @3If there is something she does not express,@1 Or, manlike, charge her with inconstancy! In time, it will come naturally—the end, But not in anger! He will call her friend Who once was more, @3ah, more!@1 He will not know What it has cost her quietly to go, @3He will not dream it was his love that died! So softly she will go—in woman pride!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 79. THE MONOCHORD by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 8. AFTER RONSARD by CHARLES WILLIAMS TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH; ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS POEM, 'PETER BELL' by BERNARD BARTON SWORD AND BUCKLER; OR, SERVING-MAN'S DEFENCE by WILLIAM BASSE |