TELL me why, behind thee, <br />I see always the shadow of another lover? <br />Is it real <br />Or is this the thrice-damned memory of a better happiness? <br />Plague on him if he be dead <br />Plague on him if he be alive <br />A swinish numbskull <br />To intrude his shade <br />Always between me and my peace.<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tell-me-why-2/
