Living
"Nay, Bid Me Not My Cares to Leave"
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Living
Nay, bid me not my cares to leave,
Who cannot from their shadow flee.
I do but win a short reprieve,
'Scaping to pleasure and to thee.
I may, at best, a moment's grace,
And grant of liberty, obtain;
Respited for a little space,
To go back into bonds again.
Cite this poem
MLA
Watson, William. “"Nay, Bid Me Not My Cares to Leave".” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/11/.
Chicago
Watson, William. “"Nay, Bid Me Not My Cares to Leave".” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/11/.
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