Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PALE-FACE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE


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First Line: Dark are those eyes, a solemn blue
Last Line: The very self that made you so.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Beauty


Dark are those eyes, a solemn blue:
Yes, silent Pale-face, that is true;
But I -- I watch the fires that sleep
In their unfathomable deep,
Seeming a smouldering night to make
Solely for their own shining's sake.

It's common talk you're beautiful:
But I -- sometimes wonder, will
Love ever leave my judgment free
To see you as the world doth see --
'All passion spent.' No more to know
The very self that made you so.




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