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LET ME; SONG by THOMAS HARDY

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET ME BELIEVE IT, DEAREST
Last Line: YOU FORGET!

LET me believe it, dearest,
Let it be
As just a dream -- the merest --
Haunting me,
That a frank full-souled sweetness
Warmed your smile
And voice, to indiscreetness
Once, awhile!

And I will fondly ponder
Till I lie
Earthed up with others yonder
Past a sigh,
That you may name at stray times
With regret
One whom through green and gray times
You forget!



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