Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRISONERS, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: That which we were forever stands between Last Line: Ere love went weeping to return no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts | ||||||||
THAT which we were forever stands between Ourselves and that we would be. With frail hands, Cold upon either's wrist, an Old Year stands And holds us prisoners for what has been; And pitiful her eyes that needs must screen Our restless eyes that turn toward unseen lands And strange new days, and all the heart's demands Falter and fail before her wistful mien. Surely we need but little strength to break This feeble hold and turn and wander free, Each one his separate way beyond her door; Strange that we stand here sullenly for sake Of that brief joy she gave to you and me, Ere Love went weeping to return no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECULAR GAMES by RICHARD HOWARD WHAT DID YOU SEE? by FANNY HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN WORK IN PROGRESS by CHARLES MARTIN THE SUBCULTURE OF THE WRONGLY ACCUSED by THYLIAS MOSS A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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