The agony of love has taken hold of me, Again, the intolerable agony of love; And what shall be, when all is done, the end thereof? There shall be no more end unto this agony. But all the roses Love has plucked shall blossom fire, And all the lilies Love has watered waste with tears, And ghosts that once were hopes walk in the night as fears, And hoped-for peace be born a desolate desire. I have been strong, and conquered love, and shall this be? Shall I return, shall all that was be as it was? I shall return, I shall return, alas! because The agony of love has taken hold of me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CHILD ALONE: 1. THE UNSEEN PLAYMATE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON A BLACKBIRD SUDDENLY by JOSEPH AUSLANDER SHELLEY'S DEATH by ALFRED AUSTIN DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: BRIDAL SONG AND DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |