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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISAPPOINTMENT; QUATRAIN, by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER First Line: From the drear wastes of unfulfilled desire Last Line: And on the cold hearth break the empty glass. Alternate Author Name(s): Collyer, Thomas Stephens | |||
FROM the drear wastes of unfulfilled desire, We harvest dreams that never come to pass, Then pour our wine amid the dying fire, And on the cold hearth break the empty glass. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPENSATION; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER INFALLIBILITY; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER LIFE'S TRIUMPH by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER NELLY TELLS HOW BABY CAME by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER POWER; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER TIME; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER HEROD'S LAMENT FOR MARIAMNE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MY LADY'S TEARS by JOHN DOWLAND SEA SLUMBER-SONG by RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL COMMENDS THE SPRING; A PARAPHRASE OF AN IDYLLIUM by BION |
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