Absence (by: Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)) Here, ever since you went abroad, If there be change no change I see: I only walk our wonted road, The road is only walk'd by me. continue reading
After A Parting (by: Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)) Farewell has long been said; I have foregone thee; I never name thee even. But how shall I learn virtues and yet shun thee? For thou art so near Heaven That Heavenward meditations pause upon thee. continue reading
Amabel (by: Thomas Hardy) I marked her ruined hues, Her custom-straitened views, And asked, "Can there indwell My Amabel?" continue reading
Bride, The (by: D.H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)) My love looks like a girl to-night, But she is old. The plaits that lie along her pillow Are not gold... continue reading
Crossing The Bar (by: Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892)) Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark... continue reading
End, The (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) Throughout the echoing chambers of my brain I hear your words in mournful cadence toll Like some slow passing-bell which warns the soul Of sundering darkness. continue reading
Farewell, A (by: Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892)) Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea, Thy tribute wave deliver: No more by thee my steps shall be, For ever and for ever. continue reading
Farewell, A (by: Charlotte Mew (1869 - 1928)) I have remembered things that went their way-- The dolls with which I grew too wise to play-- Or over-wise--kissed, as children do... continue reading
Her Death And After (by: Thomas Hardy) 'Twas a death-bed summons, and forth I went By the way of the Western Wall, so drear On that winter night, and sought a gate-- The home, by Fate, Of one I had long held dear. continue reading