Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PROTEST, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL


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First Line: I could not bear to see those eyes
Last Line: For (is it?) me!


I COULD not bear to see those eyes
On all with wasteful largesse shine,
And that delight of welcome rise
Like sunshine strained through amber wine,
But that a glow from deeper skies,
From conscious fountains more divine,
Is (is it?) mine.

Be beautiful to all mankind,
As Nature fashioned thee to be;
'T would anger me did all not find
The sweet perfection that's in thee:
Yet keep one charm of charms behind, —
Nay, thou 'rt so rich, keep two or three
For (is it?) me!





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