Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DISTRACTION, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON


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First Line: Oh, that you ever wakened me from sleep!
Last Line: Makes me pursue you in my discontent.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Insomnia; Love; Thought; Sleeplessness; Thinking


OH, that you ever wakened me from sleep!
I would go back to dreaming, as before,
When my closed eyes saw not how beauty wore
Yourself for her new semblance. I would keep
My own calm thoughts, that lived and brooded deep
On undiscovered wonders—all the lore
Of darkest wisdom. But today no more.
Now you alone can make me laugh or weep.
Today you are fleet joy, to lead astray
My thoughts that cannot follow you in flight.
Tomorrow I shall find you different,
Demure,—remote,—such is your changing way;
But always you are beauty, whose clear sight
Makes me pursue you in my discontent.





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