Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DRINK WELL, by LOIS LORING


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DRINK WELL, by                    
First Line: If losing you meant I should be alone
Last Line: In one who thirsts and holds an empty cup!


If losing you meant I should be alone
With tranquil moments stripped of all desire;
With but the deadened bellows that have blown
A truant warmth in the now blackened fire,
I would but speed your going, but I know
Such meek reward was never meant for me;
That I shall follow where your footsteps go,
Groping through woods I am too tired to see.

And dream of comfort and a lamplit room,
And warmth to take away the constant chill,
And flowers whose names I do not know, to bloom
In yellow boxes on our window-sill.
What tempting thoughts desire can conjure up
In one who thirsts and holds an empty cup!





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