Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIVE ME NOT TEARS: JOY, by ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP


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GIVE ME NOT TEARS: JOY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Dear, when the sun is set
Last Line: Then crave not of the night my vanished flame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alphonsa, Mother Mary
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


DEAR, when the sun is set
From my life's air,
And your eyes, newly wet
With tears for me,
Make my sky darker yet, --
Remember where
Your eyes in light laved all my destiny:
Weep not, weep not, since so much love was there!

Remember that through you
My rapture came:
I gained from faith so true
More than I asked, --
For not the half I knew
My need might name,
Until I saw the soul your love unmasked:
Then crave not of the night my vanished flame.





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