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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO --'S PICTURE, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: Go then, if she whose shade thou art
Last Line: Smile at me once, and then -- adieu!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Portraits
First Line: Go then, if she whose shade thou art
Last Line: Smile at me once, and then -- adieu!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Portraits
Go then, if she whose shade thou art
No more will let thee soothe my pain --
Yet tell her, it has cost this heart
Some pangs, to give thee back again!
Tell her, the smile was not so dear,
With which she made thy semblance mine
As bitter is the burning tear,
With which I now the gift resign!
Yet go -- and could she still restore,
As some exchange for taking thee,
The tranquil look which first I wore,
When her eyes found me wild and free
Could she give back the careless flow,
The spirit which my fancy knew --
Yet, ah! 'tis vain -- go, picture, go --
Smile at me once, and then -- adieu!
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