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FAILURE by HERBERT KAUFMAN

First Line: IS THIS SUCCESS, THIS BITTER FRUIT
Last Line: AND EVER OUT OF REACH, THE SKY.
Subject(s): FAILURE;
IS this success, this bitter fruit
So full of worm and stain and scar?
I hark me to the years afar,
When from the skies I tore a star,
And in my soul I bade it root.
Now all the song in me is mute,
And all the hope in me is fled,
And all the faith in me is dead,
No more a house of dreams am I,
And ever out of reach, the sky.



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