Had I Wist Poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Had I Wist

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Had I wist, when life was like a warm wind playing
Light and loud through sundawn and the dew's bright trust,
How the time should come for hearts to sigh in saying
'Had I wist' -

Surely not the roses, laughing as they kissed,
Not the lovelier laugh of seas in sunshine swaying,
Should have lured my soul to look thereon and list.

Now the wind is like a soul cast out and praying
Vainly, prayers that pierce not ears when hearts resist:
Now mine own soul sighs, adrift as wind and straying,
'Had I wist.'

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Luna Tsuki 18 April 2013

Now mine own soul sighs, adrift as wind and straying, 'Had I wist.' indeed, wonderful poem.

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