Love
Our Story
From Poetical Works (1916): Songs of Myself
Love
There was a young king who was sad,
And a young queen who was lonely;
They lived together their busy life,
Known to each other only, —
Known to each other with strange love,
But with sighs for the king's vain sorrow
And for the queen's vain loneliness
And vain forethought of the morrow.
After a barren while they died,
In death they were not parted :
Now in their grave perhaps they know
Why they were broken-hearted.
Cite this poem
MLA
MacDonagh, Thomas. “Our Story.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/12/.
Chicago
MacDonagh, Thomas. “Our Story.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/12/.
Read this poem with the Codex →