How long shall I in mine affliction mourn, A burden to myself, distressed in mind? When shall my interdicted hopes return From out despair, wherein they live confined? When shall her troubled brow, charged with disdain, Reveal the treasure which her smiles impart? When shall my faith the happiness attain To break the ice that hath congealed her heart? Unto herself herself my love doth summon, If love in her hath any power to move; And let her tell me as she is a woman, Whether my faith hath not deserved her love I know she cannot but must needs confess it, Yet deigns not with one simple sign t' express it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 23 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 24 by JAMES JOYCE OPPOSITES by KATHERINE MANSFIELD VARIATIONS: 15 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BIRDS OF VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH UPLANDS IN MAY by CARL SANDBURG |