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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAST QUARREL, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography
First Line: As I lay sleeping on my bed
Last Line: Wherewith I sped my love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Death; Forgetfulness; Love; Quarrels; Regret; Solitude; Dead, The; Arguments; Disagreements; Loneliness
First Line: As I lay sleeping on my bed
Last Line: Wherewith I sped my love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Death; Forgetfulness; Love; Quarrels; Regret; Solitude; Dead, The; Arguments; Disagreements; Loneliness
AS I lay sleeping on my bed,
Before the dawn of day,
I dreamt my only Love was dead—
My only Love alway.
Oh, dreadful anguish of a dream,
Beyond all waking grief!
In all the darkness not a gleam,
Nor in the pang relief.
Yet was I spared the sharpest sword,
The fiercest thrust thereof—
I had forgotten the last word
Wherewith I sped my Love.
Other Poems of Interest...
VINEGAR AND OIL by JANE HIRSHFIELD
IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV
IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE
SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS
SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA