I cannot do without you: you have been Too long my only slave, my only queen. I cannot do without you: you have grown Part of my flesh, and nearer than my own. I need you! Speak, be silent, frown or smile, Only be with me for a little while, And let your face and hands and hair be kissed, And let me feel your fingers on my wrist. I cannot do without you. Other men Love, bid good-bye, and turn to love again; I only know I want you, only you, Only because I want you. If you knew How much I want you! If you knew how much I hunger, should I hunger, for your touch? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHEPHERD BOY'S SONG, FR. THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by JOHN BUNYAN FARRAGUT by WILLIAM TUCKEY MEREDITH TO MR. THOMAS SOUTHERNE, ON HIS BIRTHDAY, 1742 by ALEXANDER POPE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 52. WILLOWWOOD (4) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AN AUTUMNAL THOUGHT, 1795 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |