Oh, Love Of Woman, You Are Known To Be

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Title:     Oh, Love Of Woman, You Are Known To Be
Author: Alan Seeger [More Titles by Seeger]

Oh, love of woman, you are known to be
A passion sent to plague the hearts of men;
For every one you bring felicity
Bringing rebuffs and wretchedness to ten.
I have been oft where human life sold cheap
And seen men's brains spilled out about their ears
And yet that never cost me any sleep;
I lived untroubled and I shed no tears.
Fools prate how war is an atrocious thing;
I always knew that nothing it implied
Equalled the agony of suffering
Of him who loves and loves unsatisfied.
War is a refuge to a heart like this;
Love only tells it what true torture is.

[The end]
Alan Seeger's poem: Oh, Love Of Woman, You Are Known To Be [sonnet]

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