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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE WOMAN'S TEARS, by RUTH MALONE
First Line: Tears that well through selfish sand
Last Line: Are hidden tears of loneliness.
Subject(s): Solitude; Tears; Loneliness
First Line: Tears that well through selfish sand
Last Line: Are hidden tears of loneliness.
Subject(s): Solitude; Tears; Loneliness
Tears that well through selfish sand
She scatters with a flouting hand;
From ferny crypts sweet freshets rise
To stem the grief in other eyes.
Love lifts a floodgate, tears spring up
Like dewdrops in a blue flower's cup,
But crystal-hard through long duress
Are hidden tears of loneliness.
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