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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WOMAN YOU USED TO LOVE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Did you ever go back to the woman you used Last Line: "loved and lost, and found again in a friend who understood" Subject(s): Friendship | |||
Did you ever go back to the woman you used to love, after it was all over -- the heartaches, the self-conflict, the numbness, and all that -- to find in her a friend who understood, whose spirit had grown sweeter, finer, truer than it used to be in the old days when you loved but did not understand how beautiful is such a friendship, and how rare? There is a tenderness between you, a sincerity of truth, a subtle bond of union infinitely greater in its strength and firmness than the old-time passion ever bore. It isn't love as the world sees it; it doesn't ruffle you or make you blind; there is no swift and frequent alteration of ecstacy and despair; no jealousy, or intoxication of the senses, but just peace and natural sympathy, and a subtle, quiet gladness of the soul. You never quite forget her, even though you meet another woman -- which you always do -- and marry her for love. There is always the fragrant memory of the other woman, whom you loved and lost, and found again in a friend who understood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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