Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN SOLITUDE, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON


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First Line: Have pity thou, who all my heart hast known!
Last Line: And think how I was glad, yet knew it not.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness


HAVE pity thou, who all my heart hast known!
Come back from thy far place and heal my pain!
My long, unshared, uncheered days wax and wane;
The strong suns mock me, I am so alone;
The hurrying winds sweep by, nor heed my moan;
The climbing stars of night, a shining train,
With curious eyes behold me wait in vain, --
And Nature's very self doth me disown.

I did not know how blest I was, God wot,
When thy dear voice made music for my ears,
Fostered my starveling joys and shamed my fears:
Now thou art dumb; and I, by thee forgot,
Live through the empty, pitiless months and years
And think how I was glad, yet knew it not.






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