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THE HEART'S JOURNEY: 5 by SIEGFRIED SASSOON

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU WERE GLAD TONIGHT: AND NOW YOU'VE GONE AWAY
Last Line: RECALL YOU TO THESE ARMS THAT WERE YOUR HOME.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

YOU were glad to-night: and now you've gone away.
Flushed in the dark, you put your dreams to bed;
But as you fall asleep I hear you say
Those tired sweet drowsy words we left unsaid.

Sleep well: for I can follow you, to bless
And lull your distant beauty where you roam;
And with wild songs of hoarded loveliness
Recall you to these arms that were your home.




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