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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND THOUGHTS, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet's Biography
First Line: When you were here, ah foolish then
Last Line: You are no longer here.
Subject(s): Absence; Love - Loss Of; Regret; Separation; Isolation
First Line: When you were here, ah foolish then
Last Line: You are no longer here.
Subject(s): Absence; Love - Loss Of; Regret; Separation; Isolation
When you were here, ah foolish then!
I scarcely knew I loved you, dear.
I know it now, I know it when
You are no longer here.
When you were here, I sometimes tired,
Ah me! that you so loved me, dear.
Now, in these weary days desired,
You are no longer here.
When you were here, did either know
That each so loved the other, dear?
But that was long and long ago:
You are no longer here.
Other Poems of Interest...
AFTER CALLIMACHUS by JOHN HOLLANDER
THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE
CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON
THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES
WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN
THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN