I DEEM to love and lose by love's decay In either breast, or Fate's unkindly cross, Is not, perforce, irreparable loss Unto the larger. There may come a day, Changing for precious gold Affection's dross, When the great heart that sorely sighed to say "Farewell!" unto the late-departed guest (The transient tenant of an idle breast) Shall, through the open portal, welcome there A worthier than he who barred the place Against the loitering lord, whose regal face And princely step proclaim the lawful heir Arrived -- ah, happy day! -- to fill the throne By royal right divine his very own! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MONTEREY [SEPTEMBER 23, 1846] by CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN PARADISI GLORIA by THOMAS WILLIAM PARSONS AN IMITATION OF SPENCER by WILLIAM BLAKE FOR A CERTAIN BELOVED GENTLEMAN by MARGARET E. BRUNER EPILOGUE: HURLO-THRUMBO; A PLAY BY SAMUEL JOHNSON by JOHN BYROM THE AIRS OF SPRING by THOMAS CAREW RHODIAN SWALLOW-SONG by RHYS CARPENTER WRITTEN AFTER A WALK BEFORE SUPPER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |