Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LYRIC, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: My lady love lives far away Last Line: There's naught may keep you twain apart. | ||||||||
MY lady love lives far away, And oh my heart is sad by day, And ah my tears fall fast by night, What may I do in such a plight. Why, miles grow few when love is fleet, And love, you know, hath flying feet; Break off thy sighs and witness this, How poor a thing mere distance is. My love knows not I love her so, And would she scorn me, did she know? How may the tale I would impart Attract her ear and storm her heart? Calm thou the tempest in my breast, Who loves in silence loves the best, But bide thy time, she will awake, No night so dark but morn will break. But though my heart so strongly yearn, My lady loves me not in turn, How may I win the blest reply That my void heart shall satisfy. Love breedeth love, be thou but true, And soon thy love shall love thee, too; If Fate hath meant you heart for heart, There's naught may keep you twain apart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOY'S SUMMER SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A DEATH SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE LETTER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A MUSICAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A NEGRO LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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