Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EARTH LOVER, by HAROLD VINAL


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First Line: Old loveliness has such a way
Last Line: What sudden wonder brought me close to tears.
Subject(s): Earth; Love; World


Old loveliness has such a way with me,
That I am close to tears when petals fall
And needs must hide my face behind a wall,
When autumn trees burn red with ecstasy.
For I am haunted by a hundred things
And more than I have seen in April days;
I have worn stars above my head in praise,
I have worn beauty as two costly rings.

Alas, how short a state does beauty keep,
Then let me clasp it wildly to my heart
And hurt myself until I am a part
Of all its rapture, then turn back to sleep,
Remembering through all the dusty years
What sudden wonder brought me close to tears.





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