Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN END, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go away from me -- do! I am tired Last Line: In the nest of the old, and a ghost on the wing. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; May (month); Spring | ||||||||
GO away from me -- do! I am tired of you! -- That I loved you last May isn't this season, too; And, you know, every spring there's a new bird to sing In the nest of the old, and a ghost on the wing! Now, don't you assert that I'm simply a flirt -- And it's babyish for you to say that I hurt, And my words are a dart, when they're only a part Of your own fickle nature committed to heart. It was all a mistake, and I don't want to make The silly thing over for your silly sake -- Though I really once may have been such a dunce As to fancy you loved me, some faraway months. So, go away -- do! I am tired clean through, And you can't make me even feel sorry for you -- For, with us, every spring there's a new bird to sing In the nest of the old, and a ghost on the wing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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