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NOTHING by JOHN COWPER POWYS

First Line: WILL MY LOVE COME TO ME?
Last Line: ALAS! I HAVE NO LOVE.
Subject(s): DEATH; FACES; JESUS CHRIST; LOVE - LOSS OF; MOON; NOTHINGNESS; SOUL; DEAD, THE; NIHILISM; VOIDS;
Will my love come to me?
Alas! I have no love.
Though in green and rainy places
The fronds of the ferns uncurl,
And violets lift their faces
To a crescent moon of pearl.

Will my love come to me?
Alas! I have no love.
Far off -- somewhere -- a shining head --
O sweet Lord Christ who canst raise the dead,
Take my soul and give me my love instead!
Will my love come to me?
Alas! I have no love.



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