Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CURTAIN, by ELEANOR T. MACMILLAN


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THE CURTAIN, by                    
First Line: Love is dawn
Last Line: And find dawn faded into day.
Subject(s): Dawn; Love; Sunrise


Love is dawn,
Dazzling in its beauty,
So have I drawn
A curtain
Woven of work and duty
Across my consciousness;
Have laced the woof with lesser loves
And trivial tenderness,
Have traced the tapestry with treasure
Like a gold cord running through,
And opaque designs of pleasure
To screen love from my view.
But when I chance to break a thread,
I knot it quickly with guilty dread,
Fearful test the fabric fray
And find dawn faded into day.





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