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CURELESS WOUNDS by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FALSE LOOK, FALSE HOPE, AND FALSEST LOVE
Last Line: ARE EASIER THAN SUCH WOUNDS TO HEAL.

FALSE look, false hope, and falsest love,
All meteors sent to me,
To shew how they the heart could move,
And how deceiving be:
They left me darkened, crushed, alone;
My spirit's household god's o'erthrown.

The world itself is changed, and all
That was beloved before
Is vanished, and beyond recall,
For I can hope no more:
The sear of fire, the dint of steel,
Are easier than such wounds to heal.



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