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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESPITE, by GODFREY ELTON
First Line: When we had met within the fields of pain
Last Line: "the sword for me,"" I said."
Subject(s): Oxford University
First Line: When we had met within the fields of pain
Last Line: "the sword for me,"" I said."
Subject(s): Oxford University
WHEN we had met within the fields of pain,
Odorous of roses in the falling rain,
"Since old is become new,
The sword for me," said you.
When we had heard the lute that sings of death,
The aching sweetness of its underbreath,
"Regret is better dead;
The sword for me," I said.
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