Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
I, II, III. |
THE LAST MEETING. |
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THE LAST MEETING.
I saw thee last—and not for long,
In some mixed company;
I hated that surrounding throng
That severed thee and me.
In some mixed company;
I hated that surrounding throng
That severed thee and me.
Our hearts were silent—and our eyes
Looked calmly, coldly then;
I would not bear such agonies
For all the world again.
Looked calmly, coldly then;
I would not bear such agonies
For all the world again.
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Better to be dissevered far,—
With lands and seas between—
With rocks and mountains for a bar,
Than be as we have been.—
With lands and seas between—
With rocks and mountains for a bar,
Than be as we have been.—
So near, and yet so wide apart,
Together, yet afar;
In separate solitudes of heart,—
These pangs earth's deadliest are.
Together, yet afar;
In separate solitudes of heart,—
These pangs earth's deadliest are.
Let me not see thee so again—
'Tis almost worse than woe—
It is an ecstacy of pain
I wish not fiends to know!
'Tis almost worse than woe—
It is an ecstacy of pain
I wish not fiends to know!
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