Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSENCE AND PRESENCE, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography First Line: Absence is full of song of you which dies Last Line: The selfsame words that fail me in my need. Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
ABSENCE is full of song of you which dies When I, once more, look down within your eyes: I know not whynot one least syllable Reaches your ears, from all I long to tell! Let it be so! For, in your silence I Perceive you spellbound, too; and therein read All absent lovely words you ever sigh The selfsame words that fail me in my need. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 A MOTIVE OUT OF LOHENGRIN by ARTHUR W. UPSON |
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