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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: For freedom's sake, farewell. I would not fret you Last Line: "one kiss? -- our last. Goodbye, -- ""for freedom's sake." Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Freedom; Love - Loss Of; Liberty | |||
FOR freedom's sake, farewell. I would not fret you With a dim sense of bonds about your heart; Be freed of all my loving; let us part; Let nothing chain your conscience, nor beset you. A little while, may be, I must regret you; A little while -- a little tender while Perchance the tears will well up when I smile In whispering your name, ere I forget you. But we have chosen freedom; so I make Here, -- as we part for weeks, for years, for life, -- My promise: I will whet my will's keen knife And one by one all memory's fetters break. Ah! go. Forget, forgive love's lingering strife! One kiss? -- our last. Goodbye, -- "for freedom's sake." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AFTER TENNYSON by AMBROSE BIERCE QUARTET IN F MAJOR by WILLIAM MEREDITH CROSS THAT LINE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE EMANCIPATION by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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