Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THEFT, by WINIFRED LUCAS


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THEFT, by                    
First Line: Death could not have thee, sweet, and be unsatisfied
Last Line: Has ever love or beauty died?
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The


DEATH could not have thee, sweet, and be
Unsatisfied.
He'd leave us helpless, to abide
His coming endlessly denied.
And so, I see,
Of him thy loveliness and thee
Are wandering wide.
A robber fierce of will was he
In deed belied;—
Who, fain to steal, could only free.
For, at his impotent decree,
Has ever love or beauty died?




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