I NEVER CROSSED your threshold with a grief But that I went without it; never came Heart hungry but you fed me, eased the blame, And gave the sorrow solace and relief. I never left you but I took away The love that drew me to your side again Through that wide door that never could remain Quite closed between us for a little day. Oh! Friend, who gave and comforted, who knew So overwell the want of heart and mind, Where may I turn for solace now, or find Relief from this unceasing loss of you? Be it for fault, for folly, or for sin, Oh! terrible my penance, and most sore To face the tragedy of that closed door Whereby I pass and may not enter in. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF EOGHAN RUADH (OWEN ROE) O'NEIL by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS TOMMY'S DEAD by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL THE IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES SONNET: 66 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |