Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG: NOT A WORD, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT


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SONG: NOT A WORD, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Love, my heart is faint with waiting
Last Line: Come; but mind, love, not a word!
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Singing & Singers; Songs


LOVE, my heart is faint with waiting,
Faint with hope and joy deferred,
All night long at this sad grating,
Sleepless like a prisoned bird,
Singing low,
Singing slow:
Come, ah come, love.—Not a word!

Love, in vain for thee this token
Did I tie, poor silken cord,
To my window. See, 'tis broken
And the strands fly heavenward.
All are free,
All but me.
Come, ah come, love.—Not a word!

Lo, the first sad streak of morning
Cleaves the heaven like a sword.
Love, too late I hear the warning,
Of thy footstep on the sward.
Yet, ah yet,
Though 'tis late,
Come; but mind, love, not a word!





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