I HAD Sweet company Because I sought out none, But took who came to me, All by the magnet drawn. I had sweet company. I had no dark friends but one. They passed on and away, The old lure had gone. The partings all were gay. By some new magic drawn They went another way. I had no heartache but one. Because that in my heart There lurked satyr or faun, There was one could not depart And one who must be gone. While the faun crouched in the heart There was one who must be gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY by JOHN BETJEMAN THE LAST WISH by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE FINDING OF THE LYRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A MATCH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE SONG FOR THE NEWBORN by MARY HUNTER AUSTIN THE VOYAGE; TO MAXIME DU CAMP by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE |