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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 1. THE HAPPENING, by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS First Line: It had to be. She from his weariness Last Line: To no avail, what then? It had to be. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of | |||
It had to be. She from his weariness Discerned a world of unsuspected things; And though she leapt to meet his swift caress She feared a trail of dim imaginings. He drew to him her half-unwilling eyes, And gazing, learned of wistfulness for joy: Her singing words gave him desired surprise, Waking his memory of a lyric boy. She thought they loved. At any rate they lay A moment in each other's arms and parted: He unbereft, and, in his fashion, gay; She, startled and undone and sorry-hearted. But if she gave to his satiety To no avail, what then? It had to be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE |
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