The season was waning fast Our nights were growing cold at last I took her to bed with silk and song, ' Lay still, my love, I won’t be long; I must prepare my body for passion.'' O, your body you give, but all else you ration.'' It is because of these dreams of a sylvan scene: A bleeding nymph to leave me serene.. I have dreams of a trembling wench.'' You have dreams, ' she said, 'that cannot be quenched.'' Our passion, ' said I, 'should never be feared; As our longing for love can never be cured. Our want is our way and our way is our will, We have the love, my love, that no one can kill.'' If night is your love, then in dreams you’ll fulfill.. This love, our love, that no one can kill.' Yet want is my way, and my way is my will, Thus I killed my love with a sleeping pill. . Roman Payne
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In the poem, “The season was waning fast,” the speaker is talking about a time in his life when he has been unsuccessful in finding a woman to marry. The speaker knows that a woman is what he wants and that he is not satisfied with finding a woman to marry after having tried for so long. The word “want” implies that the speaker wants a woman desperately. The speaker refers to the fact that he has been searching for a wife for a long time and has failed to find one over all these years.

“Want” also implies that he does not want to fail again in finding a wife. In other words, the speaker is giving up hope of finding a wife because he thinks it will be impossible. Yet, this is not true, as there are plenty of women out there who are unmarried and available for marriage.

He should have continued looking for a wife after having failed so many times, but he gave up because he gave in to the hopelessness of the situation.

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