Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MODERN LOVE: 1, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By this he knew she wept with waking eyes Last Line: Each wishing for the sword that severs all. Subject(s): Divorce; Love; Love - Marital; Marriage; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
By this he knew she wept with waking eyes: That, as his hand's light quiver by her head, The strange low sobs that shook their common bed Were called into her with a sharp surprise, And strangled mute, like little gaping snakes, Dreadfully venomous to him. She lay Stone-still, and the long darkness flowed away With muffled pulses. Then, as midnight makes Her giant heart of Memory and Tears Drink the pale drug of silence, and so beat Sleep's heavy measure, they from head to feet Were moveless, looking through their dead black years, By vain regret scrawled over the blank wall. Like sculptured effigies they might be seen Upon their marriage-tomb, the sword between; Each wishing for the sword that severs all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV DIRGE IN WOODS by GEORGE MEREDITH |
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