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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEFT IN LIFE: 1, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poet's Biography
First Line: I would not have thee know the tears I weep
Last Line: That thou shalt never know.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Memory; Dead, The
First Line: I would not have thee know the tears I weep
Last Line: That thou shalt never know.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Memory; Dead, The
I WOULD not have thee know the tears I weep.
The cold corroding vigils that I keep,
And the dim-scarlet fainting dreams of sleep,
I would not have thee know.
Like burning embers lie upon my breast
Those memories. Soon, soon (and it is best!)
The heart must flame and break.—Sweet be thy rest!
I would not have thee know.
How grace by grace my beauty wears away,
How daily deeper in the miry clay
Time tramples Love and me—I pray, I pray
That thou shalt never know.
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