He Would Not Stay With Me And Who Can Wonder by Alfred Edward Housman

He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?
He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.
I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder,
And went with half my life about my ways.

More from Alfred Edward Housman:

• The Carpenter’s Son
• Along The Field As We Came By
• Be Still, My Soul, Be Still
• Here Dead We Lie
• To An Athlete Dying Young
• With Rue My Heart Is Laden