Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TWO MASKS, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH



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First Line: I gave my heart its freedom to be gay
Last Line: With more of laughter in my scrip than tears.
Subject(s): Conduct Of Life


I gave my heart its freedom to be gay
Or grave at will, when life was in its May;
So I have gone, a pilgrim through the years,
With more of laughter in my scrip than tears.




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