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