Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUBSTITUTION, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT


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First Line: The tears that my own eyes have shed
Last Line: My enforced usury of tears.
Subject(s): Tears


The tears that my own eyes have shed
Are few to all the tears I owe
For sin, pain, wrong, and for the dead;
Let me not cause thy tears to flow!

For thy sweet eyes can shine most bright
Without the gems that sorrow wears;
Thy radiant soul must not requite
My enforced usury of tears.





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