Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, APATHY, by ELEANORE E. REED


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APATHY, by                    
First Line: The future's cautious curtain drew aside
Last Line: And that to me is ultimate despair.
Subject(s): Apathy


The Future's cautious curtain drew aside
And, like one viewing from afar
An unexpected vista through a wood,
I saw the days that were to come untried
And all the bareness of my soul beside.

The years had altered me. I was not fair,
But while accepting this in faith,
I quailed and wept against what more I saw,
The days ahead a bitter sameness share,
And that to me is ultimate despair.





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