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TO A PAINTER by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: CONCEAL NOT TIME'S MISDEEDS, BUT ON MY BROW
Last Line: MAY GLANCE ONCE MORE.
Subject(s): PAINTINGS & PAINTERS;

Conceal not Time's misdeeds, but on my brow
Retrace his mark:
Let the retiring hair be silvery now
That once was dark:
Eyes that reflected images too bright
Let clouds o'ercast,
And from the tablet be abolisht quite
The cheerful past.
Yet Care's deep lines should one from waken'd Mirth
Steal softly o'er,
Perhaps on me the fairest of the Earth,
May glance once more.



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