Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WARNING, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poet's Biography First Line: We that were born, beloved, so far apart Last Line: Bethink thee well, beloved, ere thou dost go. | ||||||||
WE THAT were born, beloved, so far apart, So many seas and lands, The gods, one sudden day, joined heart to heart, Locked hands in hands, Distance relented and became our friend, And met, for our sakes, world's end with world's end. The earth was centred in one flowering plot Beneath thy feet, and all the rest was not. Now wouldst thou rend our nearness, and again Bring distance back, and place Poles and equators, mountain range and plain, Between me and thy face, Undoing what the gods divinely planned; Heart, canst thou part? hand, loose me from thy hand? Not twice the gods their slighted gifts bestow; Bethink thee well, beloved, ere thou dost go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER THE WAR by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE WHAT OF THE DARKNESS?; TO THE HAPPY DEAD PEOPLE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A CHILD'S EVENSONG by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A LOVER'S UNIVERSE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A MELTON MOWBRAY PORK PIE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A MERRY CHRISTMAS - IN SPITE OF ALL! by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE A RAINY DAY by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE AFTER TIBULLUS by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE AN ECHO FROM HORACE by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE |
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