Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CLOAK OF LAUGHTER, by ABIGAIL CRESSON


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CLOAK OF LAUGHTER, by                    
First Line: I wear a cloak of laughter
Last Line: And sees the grief within.
Subject(s): Laughter


I wear a cloak of laughter
Lest anyone should see
My dress of sorrow underneath
And stop to pity me.

I wear a cloak of laughter
Lest anyone should guess
That what is hid beneath it
Is less than happiness. . . .

But, ah, what does it matter
To you who are so wise?
My cloak falls tattered at my feet
Before your tender eyes.

For cloaks to cover sorrow
Are meant for stranger folk;
One cannot hide away from friends
Beneath a laughing cloak.

Oh, futile cloak of laughter,
How frail you are and thin!
Love looks through you so easily
And sees the grief within.





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