Only you will understand, And at last I can be true. Oh, the ache of self-command, Hoarded laugh and hidden tear! Listen now ... not even for you Have I words to make it clear, Only -- you will understand! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS GHOSTS OF A LUNATIC ASYLUM by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET BENEDICTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PERSPECTIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL |