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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISILLUSIONMENT, by LOIS E. SANDISON
First Line: I wonder if you knew, and kept from me
Last Line: I never dreamed regret itself would go.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Regret
First Line: I wonder if you knew, and kept from me
Last Line: I never dreamed regret itself would go.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Regret
I wonder if you knew, and kept from me
This supreme pain I never thought to know.
—Under the very shadow of Love's wings
I could not rest content, fearing his sudden flight;
And, when the end came, I saw once-loved things
Emptied of all their joy, and wistful new delight
Denied by old, regretful memory.—
I never dreamed regret itself would go.
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