Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALAS!, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY


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First Line: Alas! The woe the high of heart
Last Line: And dies a victim to its strength.
Subject(s): Reason; Weariness; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Fatigue


Alas! the woe the high of heart
Seem pre-ordained to undergo,
While proud ambition hides the smart,
And smiles delude the world below.

Their anguish, like a Samson blind,
Gropes on in darkness, till at length
It grasps the pillars of the mind,
And dies a victim to its strength.





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