ext_34874 ([identity profile] sunlike.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] greatpoetry2006-10-04 02:37 am
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Absence

With leaden foot Time creeps along
While Delia is away:
With her, not plaintive was the song,
Nor tedious was the day.

Ah, envious Pow'r! reverse my doom;
Now double thy career,
Strain ev'ry nerve, stretch ev'ry plume,
And rest them when she's here!

Richard Jago