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ABSENCE, by RICHARD JAGO Poet's Biography First Line: With leaden foot time creeps along Last Line: And rest them when she's here. Subject(s): Absence; Love; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
WITH leaden foot time creeps along, While Delia is away: With her, nor plaintive was the song, Nor tedious was the day. Ah! envious power, reverse my doom; Now double thy career; Strain every nerve, stretch every plume, And rest them when she's here. | Other Poems of Interest...AFTER CALLIMACHUS by JOHN HOLLANDER THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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