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GREY PASTURES by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: IN THE GREY GLOAMING WHERE THE WHITE MOTH FLIES
Last Line: MAYHAP I MAY THRILL AGAIN AT THE TOUCH OF THIS.
Subject(s): DEATH; DESPAIR; KISSES; LIFE; LONGING; NOSTALGIA; DEAD, THE;

In the grey gloaming where the white moth flies—
When I, quiet dust on the forgetful wind,
Shall be untroubled by any breath of sighs—

It may be I shall fall like dew upon
The still breath of grey pastures such as these
Wherein I wander now 'twixt dusk and dawn.

See, in this phantom bloom I leave a kiss:
It was given me in fire; now it is grey dust:
Mayhap I may thrill again at the touch of this.



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