Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT PARTING, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: And so we part!
Last Line: And I have heart to rhyme.
Subject(s): Absence; Beauty; Lips; Smiles; Separation; Isolation


And so we part!
You with your vague, sweet smile,
I with a breaking heart;
You to your vague, sweet ways,
I where the failures start.

We lingered long!
You for mere idleness,
I for your mouth like song;
You for the flattery,
I for your beauty strong.

Our lips' last touch!
Yours cold as mere consent,
Mine colder were there such.
And you will never know,
And I have known too much.

. . . .

Parting sublime!
Already you've forgot,
I will forget in time.
You sigh without regret,
And I have heart to rhyme.





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