Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DISCOURAGEMENT, by JACQUES PELETIER


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First Line: Weary I grow, but only more to stray
Last Line: Ah, love! Delay no more to work your will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Peletier Du Mans, Jacques


WEARY I grow, but only more to stray;
I give all I possess, the more to owe;
My eyes I open, greater grief to know.
Good I confer, but only taunts repay;
And help I seek, which hastens to betray.
Long time I wait, and yet no richer grow.
Long time I live, to death the constant prey.
My soul expands, its longing to refuse:
A hundred ends I see, yet nothing chuse;
One thing I aim at, all save that to hit;
All things I clasp, to miss my object still:
Fleeing from harm, yet never 'scaping it.
Ah, Love! delay no more to work your will.





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