Love

Our Story

by Thomas MacDonagh 1878–1916

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.

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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Our Story.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/12/.

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MacDonagh, Thomas. “Our Story.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/macdonagh/12/.

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