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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESPAIR, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography
First Line: Let me close the eyes of my soul
Last Line: Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.
Subject(s): Despair
First Line: Let me close the eyes of my soul
Last Line: Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.
Subject(s): Despair
LET me close the eyes of my soul
That I may not see
What stands between thee and me.
Let me shut the ears of my heart
That I may not hear
A voice that drowns yours, my dear.
Let me cut the cords of my life,
Of my desolate being,
Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.
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