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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON RECEIVING A PORTRAIT, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To gaze on you when life's last gleams decline
Last Line: And leave but one man happier here below.
Subject(s): Portraits
First Line: To gaze on you when life's last gleams decline
Last Line: And leave but one man happier here below.
Subject(s): Portraits
To gaze on you when life's last gleams decline,
And hold your hand, to the last clasp, in mine . .
Of these two wishes, these my only two,
One has been granted, gentle maid, by you:
Were thus the other certain, I should go,
And leave but one man happier here below.
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