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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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What Means This, When I Lie Alone?

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Thomas Wyatt
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hat means this when I lie alone?I toss, I turn, I sigh, I groan.My bed me seems as hard as stone.What means this? I sigh, I plain continually.The clothes that on my bed do lieAlways methink they lie awry.What means this? In slumbers oft for fear I quake.For heat and cold I burn and shake.For lack of sleep my head doth ache.What means this? A mornings then when I do riseI turn unto my wonted guise,All day after muse and devise.What means this? And if perchance by me there passShe unto whom I sue for grace,The cold blood forsaketh my face.What means this? But if I sit near her byWith loud voice my heart doth cryAnd yet my mouth is dumb and dry.What means this? To ask for help no heart I have.My tongue doth fail what I should crave.Yet inwardly I rage and rave.What means this? Thus have I passed many yearAnd many a day, though naught appearBut most of that that most I fear.What means this?
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