And so we part! You with your vague, sweet smile, I with a breaking heart; You to your vague, sweet ways, I where the failures start. We lingered long! You for mere idleness, I for your mouth like song; You for the flattery, I for your beauty strong. Our lips' last touch! Yours cold as mere consent, Mine colder were there such. And you will never know, And I have known too much. . . . . Parting sublime! Already you've forgot, I will forget in time. You sigh without regret, And I have heart to rhyme. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE [JUNE 1, 1813] by THOMAS TRACY BOUVE DISCONTENTS IN DEVON by ROBERT HERRICK WILLIE WINKIE by WILLIAM MILLER HENDECASYLLABICS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE DAUGHTERS OF ATLAS by AESCHYLUS THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION; A POEM. ENLARGED VERSION: BOOK 3 by MARK AKENSIDE PSALM 3; WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM; AUGUST 9, 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |