So he departed angry and in haste, A bitter wanderer on the ways of life: He cared not whither so he found a feast Spread for his hunger which should need no strife. He went out silent, scornful and alone, That none might pity him. He would not make Of his too public grief a public moan, Nor yet feign laughter for his manhood's sake, For now that love was lost he less had heart To cast his pride too on the dunghill there, And his were griefs where none could bear a part, And his a cup of pain no lips could share. He went his way, to Germany some said, And some to Naples, some that he was dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOTHING TO WEAR' by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER INTOXICATION by EMILY DICKINSON SONNET: TO HIS LUTE by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN VENICE by JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS A HYMN OF TOUCH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE GROUND-ROBIN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |