Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BEAUTY, by THOMAS HARDY



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First Line: O do not praise my beauty more
Last Line: My cheek begins to clam.
Subject(s): Beauty


O DO not praise my beauty more,
In such word-wild degree,
And say I am one all eyes adore;
For these things harass me!

But do for ever softly say:
"From now unto the end
Come weal, come wanzing, come what may,
Dear, I will be your friend."

I hate my beauty in the glass:
My beauty is not I:
I wear it: none cares whether, alas,
Its wearer live or die!

The inner I O care for, then,
Yea, me and what I am,
And shall be at the gray hour when
My cheek begins to clam.





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