by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
He would not stay for me; and who can...
Language: English
He would not stay for me; and who can wonder?
He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.
I shook his hand and tore my heart in sunder
And went with half my life about my ways.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in Additional Poems, no. 7, first published 1939 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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