Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AS IN A GLASS: 4. CHANGE, by CLARA PLATT MEADOWCROFT


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AS IN A GLASS: 4. CHANGE, by                    
First Line: I looked for you in the place where you had been
Last Line: As through water -- as in a glass --
Subject(s): Change; Glass And Glassblowers


I looked for you in the place where you had been,
And I could not see you.
I ran about wildly, trying to find you;
I could not find you.
I waited -- deceiving myself -- for you to come;
But you did not come.
Then I threw myself on the ground where your footprints had lain;
My eyes were blinded. I hid my face in the grass.

Eyes, eyes, that cannot hold a vision steadily,
Not even the most familiar form when it suffers the aery change!
Light crept up out of darkness,
As through water, as in a glass; --
Long stems of lilies, dim whiteness of petals wavering,
As through water, as in a glass; --
Then you -- in the old place standing -- and smiling --
As through water -- as in a glass --





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