FEAR hath torment. Love, away! I'm afraid of you to-day. Love, your voice I dare not hear, 'Tis so infinitely dear. Love, I do not dare to see In your eyes your need of me. Take to-day your banishment, Lest I utterly repent. My weak heart I scarcely know, Only, love, I tremble so. Kiss me once, and leave me, dear; Better loneliness than fear. Fear hath torment. Love, away! I'm afraid of you to-day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA DIALOGUE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE MORAL FABLES: THE SHEEP AND THE DOG by AESOP EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 21. 'TIS CONSTANCY THAT GAINS THE PRIZE by PHILIP AYRES EDITH CAVELL by LAURENCE BINYON THE SEEKERS by HAZEL MCGEE BOWMAN LAUGHING BONES by ALICE CARTER COOK THE CARGO BOATS by THOMAS FLEMING DAY CONTINUOUS TIME by MILO DE ANGELIS THIS WORLD IS NOT CONCLUSION (DIFFERENT VERSION) by EMILY DICKINSON |