I cannot do without you: you have been Too long my only slave, my only queen. I cannot do without you: you have grown Part of my flesh, and nearer than my own. I need you! Speak, be silent, frown or smile, Only be with me for a little while, And let your face and hands and hair be kissed, And let me feel your fingers on my wrist. I cannot do without you. Other men Love, bid good-bye, and turn to love again; I only know I want you, only you, Only because I want you. If you knew How much I want you! If you knew how much I hunger, should I hunger, for your touch? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITIES by THOMAS HARDY A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL INSCRIPTIONS: 8 by MARK AKENSIDE IN AN ALBUM by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS TO THE LORD LOVE (AT THE APPROACH OF OLD AGE) by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY STELLA by CHARLES HENRY CRANDALL |