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THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pale brows, still hands and dim hair
Last Line: She has gone weeping away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Variant Title(s): Aedh Laments The Loss Of Love
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of


Pale brows, still hands and dim hair,
I had a beautiful friend
And dreamed that the old despair
Would end in love in the end:
She looked in my heart one day
And saw your image was there;
She has gone weeping away.




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