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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLEAR EYES, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Clear eyes do dim at last
Last Line: It loves not, nor grieves.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
First Line: Clear eyes do dim at last
Last Line: It loves not, nor grieves.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Clear eyes do dim at last,
And cheeks outlive their rose.
Time, heedless of the past,
No loving-kindness knows;
Chill unto mortal lip
Still Lethe flows.
Griefs, too, but brief while stay,
And sorrow, being o'er,
Its salt tears shed away,
Woundeth the heart no more.
Stealthily lave those waters
That solemn shore.
Ah, then, sweet face, burn on,
While yet quick memory lives!
And Sorrow, ere thou art gone,
Know that my heart forgives --
Ere yet, grown cold in peace,
It loves not, nor grieves.
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