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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAIN, by EDITH CAROLYN NEWLIN
First Line: I sought a maiden who would be
Last Line: "reflected in a silver sea."
Subject(s): Sea; Vanity; Ocean
First Line: I sought a maiden who would be
Last Line: "reflected in a silver sea."
Subject(s): Sea; Vanity; Ocean
I sought a maiden who would be
Unconscious of her own fair face,
Sought far and wide, on lane and lea,
In city and sequestered place,
But found that maidens old or small,
Think of their beauty, first of all.
Undaunted still, I raised my eyes,
Where Luna pillowed her bright head
Against the velvet of the skies.
"What do you see on earth," I said,
That makes you smile?" She answered me, --
"It is my own face, brilliantly
Reflected in a silver sea."
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