I flung myself away from love, "No need of love have I!" I flung myself away from love, And held my forehead high. I wandered mad, I wandered far, And cursed the savage day. "Oh, anywhere away from love, Oh, anywhere away!" And then at night I trembled down; "O love, my love," I cried, "Dear love, O love so far away Across the desert wide!" Then love made answer, soft and low, And triumphed with a smile: "Why, love, my love, you know that I Was with you all the while!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAST CHANTEY by RUDYARD KIPLING THE BELLS OF LONDON by MOTHER GOOSE OF BENEVOLENCE: AN EPISTLE TO EUMENES by JOHN ARMSTRONG HYMNE (TO BE SUNG WITH THREE VOICES) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT INCOGNITA IN THE TEMPLE OF THESEUS by SEYMOUR GREEN WHEELER BENJAMIN SONNET: ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |