- 1. Vain Resolves
I said: “There is an end of my desire:
Now have I sown, and I have harvested,
And these are ashes of an ancient fire,
Which, verily, shall not be quickened.
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- 2. Vain Hope
Sometimes, to solace my sad heart, I say,
Though late it be, though lily-time be past,
Though all the summer skies be overcast,
Haply I will go down to her, some day,
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- 3. The Sea-change
Where river and ocean meet in a great tempestuous
frown,
Beyond the bar, where on the dunes the white-
capped rollers break;
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- 4. The Garden Of Shadow
Love heeds no more the sighing of the wind
Against the perfect flowers: thy garden's close
Is grown a wilderness, where none shall find
One strayed, last petal of one last year's rose.
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- 5. Spleen
I was not sorrowful, I could not weep,
And all my memories were put to sleep.
I watched the river grow more white and strange,
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- 6. Growth
I watched the glory of her childhood change,
Half-sorrowful to find the child I knew,
(Loved long ago in lily-time),
Become a maid, mysterious and strange,
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- 7. Flos Lunae
I would not alter thy cold eyes,
Nor trouble the calm fount of speech
With aught of passion or surprise.
The heart of thee I cannot reach:
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- 8. Cease Smiling, Dear! A Little While Be Sad
Dum nos fata sinunt, oculos satiemus Amore
Propertius
Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad,
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