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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLIND LOUISE, by GEORGE WASHINGTON DEWEY First Line: She knew that she was growing blind Last Line: And morn upon her face! | |||
SHE knew that she was growing blind, -- Foresaw the dreary night That soon would fall, without a star, Upon her fading sight; Yet never did she make complaint, But prayed each day might bring A beauty to her waning eyes, -- The loveliness of spring! She dreaded that eclipse which might Perpetually enclose Sad memories of a leafless world, A spectral realm of snows. She'd rather that the verdure left An evergreen to shine Within her heart, as summer leaves Its memory on the pine. She had her wish; for when the sun O'erhung his eastern towers, And shed his benediction on A world of May-time flowers, We found her seated, as of old, In her accustomed place, A midnight in her sightless eyes, And morn upon her face! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LORD WALTER'S WIFE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE VALLEY'S SINGING DAY by ROBERT FROST COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE ON FILE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS AN ACTOR'S REMINISCENCES by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (DEDICATED TO MISS ELLA F. KENNEDY) by SARA S. BASHEFKIN |
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