FOR love of you my lute was strung,
When singing days were fair and young,
When life and hope and song were new,
And all were sweet for love of you.
For love of you from June to June
My heart beat to a triumph tune,
And music rose by sea and land,
In answer to a victor’s hand.
For love of you from sun to sun,
I strove to sing when songs were done,
And on each failing string my tears
Burnt silence, through the empty years.
But broken now ‘neath evening skies,
My lute for ever tuneless lies,
And I but mourn the songs I knew,
Which were so sweet for love of you.
(Dollie Radford)
More Poetry from Dollie Radford:
Dollie Radford Poems based on Topics: Youth, Lies & Deceit, Silence- In Summer-Time (Dollie Radford Poems)
- In April (Dollie Radford Poems)
- At Night (Dollie Radford Poems)
- In Spring (Dollie Radford Poems)
- From Our Emancipated Aunt In Town (Dollie Radford Poems)
- A Model (Dollie Radford Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Youth Poems, Silence Poems, Lies & Deceit PoemsBased on Keywords: tuneless