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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEING TOLD THAT' TIME CURES SORROW, by RUTH SHEPARD PHELPS Poet's Biography
First Line: My grief has vanquished me
Last Line: "ah, that was years ago."
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: My grief has vanquished me
Last Line: "ah, that was years ago."
Subject(s): Grief; Time; Sorrow; Sadness
My grief has vanquished me,
I cannot bear my pain.
My tears fall steadily,
Like dull November rain.
Yet worst of all is this:
The day will come, I know,
To say of my lost bliss,
"Ah, that was years ago."
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