Estrangement
William Watson
1858 to 1935
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So, without overt breach, we fall apart,
Tacitly sunder—neither ______ nor I
Conscious of one intelligible Why,
And both, ______ severance, winning equal smart.
So, with resigned and acquiescent heart,
Whene'er your name on some chance lip may lie,
______ seem to see an alien shade pass by,
A ______ wherein I have no lot or part.
Thus may ______ captive, in some fortress grim,
From casual speech betwixt ______ warders, learn
That June on her triumphal progress goes
______ arched and bannered woodlands; while for him
She is ______ legend emptied of concern,
And idle is the rumour ______ the rose.