What meanwhile of my work for world of men? What of the Grecian Isles and Marathon, And phalanx that went forth with Philip's son To slay dusk hordes beyond the Asian fen? -- What of my solemn midnights with the pen, The critic's insight and the poet's song? -- Was I at last to be thus thwarted, then, -- I who had struggled for those things so long? . . . To know my story to the lowest pit, Circle by circle down to deepest Hell, Needs must you know Ambition has in it Meanings that woman's love alone can spell: Though I said little, she sensed my bondage, she, . . . And brooded (unbeknown) . . . to set me free. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE MIRROR by THEODORE AUBANEL EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 25. ENVY ACCOMPANIES LOVE by PHILIP AYRES ON A FOUNTAIN AND ITS ARCHITECT by PHILIP AYRES WITH ILLUSTRATION TO GRAY'S POEMS by WILLIAM BLAKE SONG BY JULIUS BRENZAIDA by EMILY JANE BRONTE L'AMITIE EST L'AMOUR SANS AILES by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |