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PALE-FACE by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: DARK ARE THOSE EYES, A SOLEMN BLUE
Last Line: THE VERY SELF THAT MADE YOU SO.
Subject(s): BEAUTY;
Dark are those eyes, a solemn blue:
Yes, silent Pale-face, that is true;
But I -- I watch the fires that sleep
In their unfathomable deep,
Seeming a smouldering night to make
Solely for their own shining's sake.

It's common talk you're beautiful:
But I -- sometimes wonder, will
Love ever leave my judgment free
To see you as the world doth see --
'All passion spent.' No more to know
The very self that made you so.


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