Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE-SIDED TROTH, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is not for what he would be to me now Last Line: Had he only died ere he broke the bond. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
IT is not for what He would be to me now, If he still were here, that I mourn him so: It is for the thought of a broken vow, And for what he was to me long ago. Strange, while he lived and moved upon earth, Though I would not, and could not, have seen him again, His being to me had an infinite worth, And the void of his loss is an infinite pain. I had but to utter his name, and my youth Rose up in my soul, and my blood grew warm; And I hardly remembered the broken truth, And I wholly remembered the ancient charm. I watched the' unfolding scenes of his life, From' the lonely retreat where my heart reposed; 'Twas a magical drama -- a fabulous strife; Now' the curtain has fallen, the volume is closed. The sense of my very self grows dim, With nothing but Self either here or beyond; That Self which would have been lost in him, Had he only died ere he broke the bond. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES |
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