I SEEK no more to bridge the gulf that lies Betwixt our separate ways; For vainly my heart prays, Hope droops her head and dies; I see the sad, tired answer in your eyes. I did not heed, and yet the stars were clear; Dreaming that love could mate Lives grown so separate; But at the best, my dear, I see we should not have been very near. I knew the end before the end was nigh: The stars have grown so plain; Vainly I sigh, in vain For things that come to some, But unto you and me will never come. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DESERTED VILLAGE by OLIVER GOLDSMITH THE USE OF FLOWERS by MARY HOWITT A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR SOUTHERN PACIFIC by CARL SANDBURG SONNET: 109 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE MEMORY OF THE HEART by DANIEL WEBSTER |