I could wish to be dead! Too quick with life were the tears I shed, Too sweet for tears is the life I led; And ah, too lonesome my marriage-bed! I could wish to be dead. I could wish to be dead, For just a word that rings in my head; Too dear, too dear are the words he said, They must never be remembered. I could wish to be dead. I could wish to be dead: The wish to be loved is all mis-read, And to love, one learns when one is wed, Is to suffer bitter shame; instead I could wish to be dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OH! WEEP FOR THOSE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE HYMNARY: 403. MARTYRS by ADAM OF SAINT VICTOR THE SECOND BROTHER; ACT 1, SCENE 2 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES ON THE PORTRAIT OF A COLONEL; G.H.H. by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LINES ON LEAVING A SCENE IN BAVARIA by THOMAS CAMPBELL A LITTLE WRINKLED SOUL OF LOVELINESS by WILLIAM BYRON CHARLES UNITY by VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD LINES FROM A NOTEBOOK - MAY/JULY 1811 by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |