There have been times
Alan Seeger
1888 to 1916
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For now small favors seem to me so great
But you shall never hear me supplicate.
To wound me with unkindness done or said,
And happy love unnerve me before May
These long months that have magnified my need
Nay, be capricious, willful; have no fear
Have made my asking less importunate,
My life that hangs by a so slender thread,
Easing desire with discourse and sweet rhyme.
There have been times when I could storm and plead,
Were more content to rule themselves and wait,
Lest mutual devotion make too dear
That not the courteous lovers of old time
For that stern part that I have yet to play.