I Meant to Find Her When I Came
poem 718
I Meant to Find Her When I Came - meaning Summary
Longing Interrupted by Death
The speaker planned to reunite with a woman and confess a longed-for moment, but Death intervenes and takes her first. The poem presents the speaker’s helplessness and resigned acceptance: the intended encounter becomes impossible, leaving wandering and memory as the only solace. Rest or final peace is imagined as both desired and tumultuous, while remembrance and the sense of surrender sustain the speaker in place of the lost meeting.
Read Complete AnalysesI meant to find Her when I came Death had the same design But the Success was His it seems And the Surrender Mine I meant to tell Her how I longed For just this single time But Death had told Her so the first And she had past, with Him To wander now is my Repose To rest To rest would be A privilege of Hurricane To Memory and Me.
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