Oh, sad, sad was my soul because, because-for a woman's sake it was. Never will I be solaced, nay, AIthough my heart has come away, Athough my heart and my soul are free of that woman now--and far. Never will I be solaced, nay, AIthough my heart has come away. And my heart, my heart that can suffer well, says to my soul: Is it possible, Is it possible--that there can be his sad proud exile of her and me? And my soul says to my heart: Do I Know what wished us this trap, or why we are always with her, even though we were exiled far and long ago? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON WHAT MY LOVER SAID by HOMER GREENE HIS REQUEST TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK EXODUS FOR OREGON by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER AMORETTI: 30 by EDMUND SPENSER |