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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EROS, by LUCY ATKINSON MCILWAINE
First Line: Love, you and I have walked apart
Last Line: That pillar life's design.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Love, you and I have walked apart
Last Line: That pillar life's design.
Subject(s): Love
Love, you and I have walked apart
These many years -- my path is free
From jealous shade that dims the way,
From blinding bursts of ecstasy.
With level eyes I look across
A level landscape void of heights,
Unhurried through the restless days,
Unfevered by seductive nights.
No quivering pulses bate my breath,
Coolly I watch the stars decline
And feel the calm of changeless things
That pillar Life's design.
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