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