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ALAS (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: ONE MOMENT TAKE THY REST
Last Line: SIGHING, ALAS!

One moment take thy rest.
Out of mere nought in space
Beauty moved human breast
To tell in this far face
A dream in noonday seen,
Never to fade or pass;
A breath-time's mute delight:
A joy in flight:
The aught desire doth mean,
Sighing, Alas!



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