Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOREBODING, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: Thou canst not see him standing by
Last Line: Love should lose thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


Thou canst not see him standing by --
Time -- with a poppied hand
Stealing thy youth's simplicity,
Even as falls unceasingly
His waning sand.

He'll pluck thy childish roses, as
Summer from her bush
Strips all the loveliness that was;
Even to the silence evening has
Thy laughter hush.

Thy locks too faint for earthly gold,
The meekness of thine eyes,
He will darken and dim, and to his fold
Drive, 'gainst the night, thy stainless, old
Innocencies;

Thy simple words confuse and mar,
Thy tenderest thoughts delude,
Draw a long cloud athwart thy star,
Still with loud timbrels heaven's far
Faint interlude.

Thou canst not see; I see, dearest;
O, then, yet patient be,
Though love refuse thy heart all rest,
Though even love wax angry, lest
Love should lose thee!





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