Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIFE, by ANNA PEYRE DINNIES First Line: I could have stemmed misfortune's tide Last Line: I could not live alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Shackleford, Anna Peyre Subject(s): Love - Marital; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
I COULD have stemmed misfortune's tide, And borne the rich one's sneer, -- Have braved the haughty glance of pride, Nor shed a single tear; I could have smiled on every blow From life's full quiver thrown, While I might gaze on thee, and know I should not be alone. I could -- I think I could -- have brooked, E'en for a time, that thou Upon my fading face hadst looked With less of love than now; For then I should at least have felt The sweet hope still my own To win thee back, and whilst I dwelt On earth, not been alone. But thus to see from day to day Thy brightening eye and cheek, And watch thy life-sands waste away, Unnumbered, slow, and meek; To meet thy smiles of tenderness, And catch the feeble tone Of kindness, ever breathed to bless, And feel I'll be alone; To mark thy strength each hour decay, And yet thy hopes grow stronger, As, filled with heavenward trust, they say Earth may not claim thee longer; Nay, dearest, 't is too much -- this heart Must break when thou art gone: It must not be; we must not part; I could not live alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY HAPPINESS by ANNA PEYRE DINNIES LINES (AFTER SEEING MACREADY IN VIRGNIA) by ANNA PEYRE DINNIES |
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