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AD ASTRA: 45 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: AND SHALL I CRY FOR EVER, AND IN VAIN?
Last Line: AND EVERY GLEAM AUGMENTETH MY DESPAIR!
Subject(s): DESPAIR; GRIEF; TEARS; SORROW; SADNESS;

'And shall I cry for ever, and in vain?
The night-winds mock me with their hollow sighs,
And daylight chills me by her cold disdain—
The daughters of the Morn with dew-wash'd eyes
As unresponsive as the silent skies!—
On every hand I see that Love is fair,
And every gleam augmenteth my despair!



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