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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
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MASKS, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet's Biography
First Line: Black tragedy lets slip her grim disguise
Last Line: [or, how wan her cheeks are, and what heavy tears!]
Subject(s): Masks
First Line: Black tragedy lets slip her grim disguise
Last Line: [or, how wan her cheeks are, and what heavy tears!]
Subject(s): Masks
BLACK Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise
And shows you laughing lips and roguish eyes;
But when, unmasked, gay Comedy appears,
'Tis ten to one you find the girl in tears.
[or, How wan her cheeks are, and what heavy tears!]
Other Poems of Interest...
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#23) by MARVIN BELL
GOETHE'S DEATH MASK by LINDA GREGG
THE ROLE OF ELEGY by MARY JO BANG
SHE DRIED HER TEARS, AND THEY DID SMILE by EMILY JANE BRONTE
MASKS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON
THE MASK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
EPILOGUE FOR A MASQUE by JOHN DRINKWATER
UNMASKED by FRANCES MARVEL GNASS