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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SECRET, by GREGOIRE LE ROY Poet's Biography
First Line: If thou wouldst speak unto my grief, be wary
Last Line: Is shape and sound of beauteous things gone by.
Subject(s): Beauty; Grief; Nature; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: If thou wouldst speak unto my grief, be wary
Last Line: Is shape and sound of beauteous things gone by.
Subject(s): Beauty; Grief; Nature; Sorrow; Sadness
IF thou wouldst speak unto my grief, be wary;
Seek not to know wherefore she doth so weep,
Nor why her gaze is downcast and most chary
And ever on the flow'rless way doth keep.
To ease her pain, her silence and her sorrow,
Tempt not benumbed forgetfulness to show
The shapes of some lost love or pride or morrow
Whose visage bears the shade of long ago.
With speech of sun and trees and fountains woo her,
Of light-filled seas and shady woods at rest
Wherefrom the sky draws up the wan moon to her,
And all fair things whereby wide eyes are blest.
Tell her how in the spring the rose blooms gladly,
And gently take her two hands and so sigh:
The only memory whereof none feel sadly
Is shape and sound of beauteous things gone by.
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