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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A VAIN DESIRE, by THEODORE WRATISLAW First Line: Dear, did you know how sweet to me Last Line: And I on earth am desolate. | |||
DEAR, did you know how sweet to me Was every glance of yours, how sweet The laugh that lights your face with glee, The passing murmur of your feet, And seeing perchance with grief how vain The love that makes you sadly dear Did grant for my unuttered pain A whispered word, a smile, a tear Dropped like a star from Paradise, Then might I bless my weary state, Though you behold me from the skies And I on earth am desolate. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MUSIC-HALL by THEODORE WRATISLAW THE OLD WOMAN by JOSEPH CAMPBELL A WOMAN'S ANSWER by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER THE MOTHERLAND by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THERE'S WISDOM IN WOMEN by RUPERT BROOKE AN ELEGY ON THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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