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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 10. LONELY, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) First Line: Alone! - and yet the poet hath the sun Last Line: Waiting the gold-winged word no woman speaks? Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness | |||
Alone!—And yet the poet hath the sun,— And for his lonely gaze the stars are fair, And the sweet June-wind dallieth with his hair, And strange wild sea-shores hath his footing won. But ah! the sadness,—to be known of none Save of the cold-lipped gruesome bride, Despair! The weight of genius-thought alone to bear; Alone,—alone; till life and death be done. The poet hath the roses and the sky, But not the sympathy his spirit seeks. Is it a soul-delivering thing to lie Amid sea-poppies by grey winding creeks Or on the hills whereo'er the white mists fly,— Waiting the gold-winged word no woman speaks? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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