MY heart is with thee, Orpah! Meekly thou Out of the tender chronicle dost wend Back, lonely, unto Moab. Wordless friend, By those great tears, and that averted brow, (If anywhere thy loving spirit now My backward-turning heart's long cry attend!) I swear to thee soul-homage to the end, And speed thee my allegiance in one vow: "Silently I from out Love's chronicle Will wend alone: of me is little need. Silently will I go, and leave her this Sweet other friend, whose passion words can tell." — O Orpah, know that thou art blest indeed, For @3thou@1 couldst weep — @3thou@1 hadst Naomi's kiss! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRODIGAL SON by DAVID IGNATOW TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER IN A CUBAN GARDEN by SARA TEASDALE |