Sweet mother, at the idle loom I lean,
Weary with longing for the boy that still
Remains a dream of loveliness--to fill
My soul, my life, at Aphrodite's will.
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A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain
by Sylvia Plath
The telegram says you have gone away
And left our bankrupt circus on its own;
There is nothing more for me to say.
The maestro gives the singing birds their pay