Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NUNC DIMITTIS, by JOHN COWPER POWYS


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NUNC DIMITTIS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am dying; but what of that?
Last Line: That I've found you -- at the last.
Subject(s): Death; Happiness; Love; Pain; Tears; Dead, The; Joy; Delight; Suffering; Misery


I am dying; but what of that?
Your hands are under my head,
And your tears are on my cheek
And I am happy at last --
Bitter has been the pain!
Yea I have paid the price
For this last moment with you
But all is well at the end;
Your hands are under my head,
And your tears are on my cheek.
So you love me, after all!
And I bless the eternal dark
Into which I sink and fall
That I've found you -- at the last.





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