Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WANDERER'S SONG, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have had enough of women, and enough of love Last Line: Well, it's sound sleep and long sleep, and sleep too deep to wake. Subject(s): Wandering & Wanderers; Weariness; Fatigue | ||||||||
I have had enough of women, and enough of love, But the land waits, and the sea waits, and day and night is enough; Give me a long white road, and the grey wide path of the sea, And the wind's will and the bird's will, and the heart-ache still in me. Why should I seek out sorrow, and give gold for strife? I have loved much and wept much, but tears and love are not life; The grass calls to my heart, and the foam to my blood cries up, And the sun shines and the road shines, and the wine's in the cup. I have had enough of wisdom, and enough of mirth, For the way's one and the end's one, and it's soon to the ends of the earth; And it's then good-night and to bed, and if heels or heart ache, Well, it's sound sleep and long sleep, and sleep too deep to wake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VALUE IN MOUNTAINS: 10 by KENNETH REXROTH IMPERIAL NOSTALGIAS: 4 by CESAR VALLEJO BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TIRED TIM by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE WEARINESS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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