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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MIRROR, by ALICE PHELPS RIDER
First Line: I am not what I was
Last Line: Because of the past and the future.
Subject(s): Identity
First Line: I am not what I was
Last Line: Because of the past and the future.
Subject(s): Identity
I am not what I was,
Neither am I what I shall be;
I see myself reflected
In the deep, mystic pool of the present . . .
And yet I am what I am
Because of the past and the future.
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