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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LONG DELAYED, by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Poet's Biography First Line: Oft have I search'd the weary world in vain Last Line: With multitudes of leaflets green and soft. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollex, D.; Walker, Patricius Subject(s): Pain; Solitude; Time; Waiting; Suffering; Misery; Loneliness | |||
Oft have I search'd the weary world in vain, And all the rest find love and peace of heart, But I can only find a sluggish pain, As one by one the sombre days depart, Presenting many a toy and useless gain: Sweet Friend, my longing, wheresoe'er thou art, O come at length! out of thine ambush start! The light on field and hill begins to wane. O dreaming fool (I said), have done, have done! How should a miracle be wrought for thee? When lo, joy came, like verdure to a tree That, long time stretching wintry arms aloft, Replieth to a day of vernal sun With multitudes of leaflets green and soft. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES |
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