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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEPARATION, by GLADYS CROMWELL Poet's Biography First Line: When intervals of solitude are done Last Line: And leave the house and me deserted quite! Subject(s): Absence; Kisses; Love; Separation; Isolation | |||
WHEN intervals of solitude are done, Or nearly done, what brimming utmost bliss! My wings disturb my lonely chrysalis To go to thee! I open one by one, To ease delight, thy casements to the sun; Prepare thy chamber where thy follies miss Thee, too; then tip-toe with my treasured kiss, And love that weighs my thrilling breast, I run To meet thy coming; -- pause in sweet suspense Too soon upon the doorstep -- else delay; I almost see thee -- balm to aching sight! What gladness, mingling with an equal sense Of soaring desolation, lest thou stay And leave the house and me deserted quite! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN |
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