I DEEM to love and lose by love's decay In either breast, or Fate's unkindly cross, Is not, perforce, irreparable loss Unto the larger. There may come a day, Changing for precious gold Affection's dross, When the great heart that sorely sighed to say "Farewell!" unto the late-departed guest (The transient tenant of an idle breast) Shall, through the open portal, welcome there A worthier than he who barred the place Against the loitering lord, whose regal face And princely step proclaim the lawful heir Arrived -- ah, happy day! -- to fill the throne By royal right divine his very own! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMING BRAVES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AT THE SAND CREEK BRIDGE by JAMES GALVIN FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON THE DARK ANGEL by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON TO SIR HENRY GOODYERE by BEN JONSON MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 14 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 8. AFTER RONSARD by CHARLES WILLIAMS |