Poems (Odom)/A Broken Hope
DISAPPOINTED.
Just one more kiss, my darling, The dearest and the last—The sacred sacramental seal Upon our precious past.
I clasp you in my arms to-night, My tears drop on your head,My kisses fall upon your brow, As mothers kiss their dead.
To-morrow our two lives shall be For evermore apart,And silence settle like a pall Upon my lips and heart.
My way and yours divide to-night, Your sweet lips tell me so—And yet your eyes are full of tears— My darling, must I go?
I must! well, then, good-night, love; I cannot say good-bye,Nor promise to forget you— I shall not even try.
I love you with a man's deep love, That time can never dim.While yours was but a passing thought, A transient girlish whim.
I know you did not mean it, dear, Nor think to give me pain,But life for me can never be The same bright thing again.