Poems (Sharpless)/"I Have Never Received an Arrow with a Barb"

Poems
by Frances M. Sharpless
"I Have Never Received an Arrow with a Barb"
4648466Poems — "I Have Never Received an Arrow with a Barb"Frances M. Sharpless

"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 mine
So 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.