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VILLANELLE by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON

First Line: SHE THAT WAS MYSELF WENT BY
Last Line: LIGHT OF FOOT AND GAY OF EYE.
Subject(s): AGING;

She that was myself went by,
Long ago and long ago,
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Oh, the path was green and high
Roses nodded row on row --
She that was myself went by.

Swift she went and happily,
Like a cloud the spring winds blow --
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Old with many griefs I sigh,
Youth is winged, Time is slow --
She that was myself went by.

Vain the summons, vain the cry --
She will never turn I trow,
Light of foot and gay of eye.

Here alone sit Age and I
Since that day when, watching so,
She that was myself went by
Light of foot and gay of eye.



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