Why should a foolish marriage vow Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now When passion is decayed? We loved, and we loved, as long as we could, Till our love was loved out in us both: But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure is fled: 'Twas pleasure first made in an oath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REBEL COLOR-BEARERS AT SHILOH by HERMAN MELVILLE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 48 by OMAR KHAYYAM TO HELEN (2) by EDGAR ALLAN POE IN TIME OF GRIEF by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE THE COLD WAVE OF 32 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS HELIADES: ZEUS, BRAZEN THUNDER-HURLER by AESCHYLUS WILD PLUM BLOSSOMS by EVA K. ANGLESBURG POEM, READ THE SOLDIERS' WELCOME, FRANKLIN, NEW YORK, AUG. 5, 1865 by B. H. BARNES |