When you were here, ah foolish then! I scarcely knew I loved you, dear. I know it now, I know it when You are no longer here. When you were here, I sometimes tired, Ah me! that you so loved me, dear. Now, in these weary days desired, You are no longer here. When you were here, did either know That each so loved the other, dear? But that was long and long ago: You are no longer here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FORSAKEN MERMAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD A TRAGIC STORY by ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO BREAK, BREAK, BREAK by ALFRED TENNYSON THE IMPROVISATORE: RODOLPH THE WILD by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |