I Will Not Let Thee Go Poem by Robert Seymour Bridges

I Will Not Let Thee Go

Rating: 3.1


I will not let thee go.
Ends all our month-long love in this?
Can it be summed up so,
Quit in a single kiss?
I will not let thee go.

I will not let thee go.
If thy words' breath could scare thy deeds,
As the soft south can blow
And toss the feathered seeds,
Then might I let thee go.

I will not let thee go.
Had not the great sun seen, I might;
Or were he reckoned slow
To bring the false to light,
Then might I let thee go.

I will not let thee go.
The stars that crowd the summer skies
Have watched us so below
With all their million eyes,
I dare not let thee go.

I will not let thee go.
Have we chid the changeful moon,
Now rising late, and now
Because she set too soon,
And shall I let thee go?

I will not let thee go.
Have not the young flowers been content,
Plucked ere their buds could blow,
To seal our sacrament?
I cannot let thee go.

I will not let thee go.
I hold thee by too many bands:
Thou sayest farewell, and lo!
I have thee by the hands,
And will not let thee go.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Subhas Chandra Chakra 27 April 2016

I will not let thee go. Have we chid the changeful moon, Now rising late, and now Because she set too soon, And shall I let thee go? I will not let thee go. Have not the young flowers been content, Plucked ere their buds could blow, To seal our sacrament? I cannot let thee go. Two best stanzas I liked most. Perfect rhyming. Enjoyable.

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M Asim Nehal 04 February 2016

Nice n sensual poem......

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Susan Williams 04 February 2016

Hmmm.... a stalker anthem? I understand what this feels like but this feeling cannot be acted on

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Fantastic poem and beautiful rhyming in the end lines

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