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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 3. THE WANDERING ONE, by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS First Line: While he to whom her vexing thoughts still clung Last Line: Before another came that love was not. Subject(s): Love - Complaints | |||
While he to whom her vexing thoughts still clung Went wearily philandering on his way: He tried them slightly worn, he tried them young, He tried them sorrowful, he tried them gay. He said, and thought, he had not loved before; He shrined a picture on his memory-shelf; And as each loved one left his closing door He took grave counsel with his puzzled self: There is no love. We for a moment stand And hold at bay inevitable pain, Aghast and passionate, hand in eager hand, Before we face our loneliness again. Perhaps he made a rhyme; but quite forgot Before another came that love was not. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 1. THE HAPPENING by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 2. THE OTHER ONE COMES TO HER by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS |
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