I SAID, “Love is gone;
I need bear no more
Terrible dawn
And midnight sore
Hungering dreams
I cannot keep
And fever-streams
Across my sleep . . .”
And the sun went down,
And the day burned black
Over the town
And Love came back
And my heart was burned
With fire and pain-
But Love had returned,
Had returned again!
(Margaret Widdemer)
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