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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALAS!, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since, if you stood by my side today Last Line: And to be as we are to-day! Subject(s): Separation | |||
SINCE, if you stood by my side to-day, Only our hands could meet, What matter that half the weary world Lies out between our feet; That I am here by the lonesome sea, You by the pleasant Rhine? -- Our hearts were just as far apart If I held your hand in mine! Therefore, with never a backward glance, I leave the past behind; And standing here by the sea alone, I give it to the wind. I give it all to the cruel wind, And I have no word to say; Yet, alas! to be as we have been, And to be as we are to-day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER CALLIMACHUS by JOHN HOLLANDER THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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