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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAY TO WAIT, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography
First Line: O whether by the lonesome road
Last Line: For love that finds a way to come, can find a way to wait!
Subject(s): Absence; Hearts; Love; Waiting; Separation; Isolation
First Line: O whether by the lonesome road
Last Line: For love that finds a way to come, can find a way to wait!
Subject(s): Absence; Hearts; Love; Waiting; Separation; Isolation
O WHETHER by the lonesome road that lies across the lea
Or whether by the hill that stoops, rock-shadowed, to the sea,
Or by a sail that blows from far, my love returns to me!
No fear is hidden in my heart to make my face less fair,
No tear is hidden in my eye to dim the brightness there—
I wear upon my cheek the rose a happy bride should wear.
For should he come not by the road, and come not by the hill
And come not by the far seaway, yet come he surely will—
Close all the roads of all the world, love's road is open still!
My heart is light with singing (though they pity me my fate
And drop their merry voices as they pass the garden gate)
For love that finds a way to come, can find a way to wait!
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