Thus Adrian learned it. And behold, his heart, Which he had hardened against all dismay, And wrapped up secretly and laid apart As something which should not be used to-day, Woke with a pang, and tremulously wan Started and listened. There in the new morn Of this grey wakening, like a long drowned man Brought back to life, he knew the world forlorn By the dull ache which was in every limb. The ghastly pleasures which had gorged his care Paled as he looked at them. His dead lusts dim Stank like lost corpses in the morning air. And yet 'twas passing sweet, despite the pain, To feel and move and live and love again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE AND A QUESTION by ROBERT FROST IN HARBOR by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE GOOD AND BAD LUCK by HEINRICH HEINE TREES AND WAVES by AL-ISRA'ILI THE EVICTION by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, IN ANSWER TO SOME LINES TO BE CHEERFUL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. THE SONG OF THE BIRDS, WHO HEARS by EDWARD CARPENTER |