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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE IN SPRING, by CAROLINE GILTINAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I never met the spring alone before
Last Line: One should be dead -- or suddenly grown old.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs.
Subject(s): Solitude; Spring; Loneliness
First Line: I never met the spring alone before
Last Line: One should be dead -- or suddenly grown old.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs.
Subject(s): Solitude; Spring; Loneliness
I never met the Spring alone before:
The flowers, birds, the loveliness of trees,
For with me always there was one I love --
And love is shield against such gifts as these.
But now I am alone, alone, alone;
The days and nights one long remembering.
Did other Aprils that we shared possess
The hurting beauty of this living Spring?
I never met the Spring alone before --
My starving grief -- this radiance of gold!...
To be alone, when Spring is being born,
One should be dead -- or suddenly grown old.
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