Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS IN ABSENCE: 12, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were I with you, or you with me Last Line: For, she is there, and I am here. Subject(s): Absence; Love; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
WERE I with you, or you with me, My love, how happy should we be; Day after day it is sad cheer To have you there, while I am here. My darling's face I cannot see, My darling's voice is mute for me, My fingers vainly seek the hair Of her that is not here, but there. In a strange land, to her unknown, I sit and think of her alone; And in that happy chamber where We sat, she sits, nor has me there. Yet still the happy thought recurs That she is mine, as I am hers, That she is there, as I am here, And loves me. whether far or near. The mere assurance that she lives And loves me, full contentment gives; I need not doubt, despond, or fear, For, she is there, and I am here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING' by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH |
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