Poems (Sharpless)/"I Have Never Received an Arrow with a Barb"
"I have never received an arrow with a barb"
No arrow with a barb sayst thou, Hath refuge found with thee?Then whence that anguish on thy brow That oft-times saddens me? I know that pride would bid thee quell Memories thou ever deemest weak,But ah! the tale thou canst not tell Thine eye and brow are quick to speak.
I know that pity brings no balm; But surely sympathy like mineSo deep, so true, might breathe a calm E'en o'er a heart as proud as thine.No confidence I crave from thee, No secret that thou fain wouldst keep;Enough to force the tears from me, That if it dared, thy heart would weep.