WITH foolish fancy I deserted thee; I fain would search the whole world through, to learn If in it I perchance could love discern, That I might love embrace right-lovingly. I sought for love as far as eye could see, My hands extending at each door in turn, Begging them not my prayer for love to spurn -- Cold hate alone they laughing gave to me. And ever search'd I after love; yes, ever Search'd after love, but love discover'd never, And so I homeward went, with troubled thought; But thou wert there to welcome me again, And, ah, what in thy dear eye floated then @3That@1 was the sweet love I so long had sought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY THE HEART OF THE SOURDOUGH by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE A CHRISTMAS CAROL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE NAMELESS PAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH WILD CHERRY TREE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |