Louisa S. Guggenberger (1845-1895). Poems, Lyrics, and Sonnets (1882). IV. Am I to Lose You? Alfred H. Miles, ed. 1907. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

Poems, Lyrics, and Sonnets (1882)
IV. Am I to Lose You?

By Louisa S. Guggenberger (1845–1895)


“AM I to lose you now?” The words were light;
You spoke them, hardly seeking a reply,
That day I bid you quietly “Good-bye,”
And sought to hide my soul away from sight.
The question echoed, dear, through many a night,—	5
My question, not your own—most wistfully;
“Am I to lose him?”—asked my heart of me;
“Am I to lose him now, and lose him quite?”

And only you can tell me. Do you care
That sometimes we in quietness should stand	10
As fellow-solitudes, hand firm in hand,
And thought with thought and hope with hope compare?
What is your answer? Mine must ever be,
“I greatly need your friendship: leave it me.”