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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INSTABILITY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: When the day is brightest Last Line: On the doomed path of joy | |||
"Como estoy alegre Tristezas temo." WHEN the day is brightest, Darkness draweth near; When the heart is lightest, Coming grief I fear. Eyes of heavenly splendour, Radiance o'er me fling; But when their light's most tender I fear its vanishing. Lips, where passion keepeth Holiest incense, bend to mine; But when woman speaketh, Who would trust so false a shrine? Even in twined caresses Where love has woven his spells, Of the mutual love that blesses, I hear a voice which tells. As light with darkness weddeth, So must pleasure with annoy, And sorrow ever treadeth On the doomed path of joy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest... |
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