Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WANT YOU, by ELIZA W. DURBIN


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I WANT YOU, by                    
First Line: The days are long and lonely
Last Line: Since you have gone away.
Subject(s): Absence; Desire; Separation; Isolation


The days are long and lonely,
The nights are full of tears;
The future now is only
The want of you through years.
I long to clasp and kiss you,
To feel your tender touch;
You grieved that I must miss you;
You could not know how much.

I want you when I waken,
I yearn for you at eve;
In haunts you have forsaken
I sit alone and grieve.
Indoors I move all restless,
Your absence crowds the space;
Outside I wander questless,
Since vain to seek your face.

I seek fair pastime's favor,
I carry grim toil's load;
But pleasure has no savor;
Nor even toil's sharp goad
Can turn me from the sorrow
That holds me night and day;
For me joy has no morrow
Since you have gone away.





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