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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRESENCE, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: There's less in actual life than seems
Last Line: Can sight or touch deliver thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: There's less in actual life than seems
Last Line: Can sight or touch deliver thee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Life
THERE'S less in actual life than seems.
Thee, present to my sight to-day,
I follow with the eyes of dreams,
And into shadow chase away;
For rarely, rarely, unto me
Can sight or touch deliver thee.
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