Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO A PICTURE, by HERBERT EUGENE MILLHOLEN


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TO A PICTURE, by                    
First Line: In other days - my thoughts retrace
Last Line: In other days.
Subject(s): Portraits


IN other days, -- my thoughts retrace
The century fled, when your fair face,
In antique gilt and gold now set,
Swayed hearts ensnared by witchery's net.
Your eyes smile down; care left no trace.

Nor can Time's touch those charms efface;
With step sedate and courtly grace
You danced the stately minuet
In other days.

Now dim with age the snowy lace,
For flying years speed on apace.
At times there comes a vague regret
That hearts grow cold and men forget
That vanished charms held regal place,
In other days.





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