I flung myself away from love, "No need of love have I!" I flung myself away from love, And held my forehead high. I wandered mad, I wandered far, And cursed the savage day. "Oh, anywhere away from love, Oh, anywhere away!" And then at night I trembled down; "O love, my love," I cried, "Dear love, O love so far away Across the desert wide!" Then love made answer, soft and low, And triumphed with a smile: "Why, love, my love, you know that I Was with you all the while!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A DEAD LOVER by LOUISE BOGAN DRUMS AND BRASS by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON COMPANIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS THE DESIRE OF NATIONS by EDWIN MARKHAM |