You bid me hold my peace
And dry my fruitless tears,
Forgetting that I bear
A pain beyond my years.
You say that I should smile
And drive the gloom away;
I would, but sun and smiles
Have left my life's dark day.
All time seems cold and void,
And naught but tears remain;
Life's music beats for me
A melancholy strain.
I used at first to hope,
But hope is past and, gone;
And now without a ray
My cheerless life drags on.
Like to an ash-stained hearth
When all its fires are spent;
Like to an autumn wood
By storm winds rudely shent,-
So sadly goes my heart,
Unclothed of hope and peace;
It asks not joy again,
But only seeks release.
Worn Out
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Poem topics: autumn, away, dark, heart, joy, music, pain, smile, sun, time, storm, cold, remain, hold, void, Valentine's Day, release, peace, hope, life, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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