Two Loves

Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919



The woman he loved, while he dreamed of her,
 Danced on till the stars grew dim,
But alone with her heart, from the world apart
 Sat the woman who loved him.

The woman he worshipped only smiled
 When he poured out his passionate love.
But the other somewhere, kissed her treasure most rare,
 A book he had touched with his glove.

The woman he loved betrayed his trust,
 And he wore the scars for life;
And he cared not, nor knew, that the other was true;
 But no man called her his wife.

The woman he loved trod festal halls,
 While they sang his funeral hymn,
But the sad bells tolled, ere the year was old,
 For the woman that loved him.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XAXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 641
Words 124
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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