Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DUST OF TIME, by VIRGINIA SCOTT


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DUST OF TIME, by                    
First Line: His picture stands upon the shelf
Last Line: (but the gathered dust is all I note.)
Alternate Author Name(s): O'neill, Virginia Scott
Subject(s): Dust


His picture stands upon the shelf.
Yes, once I placed it there myself.

I knew the trend of every line:
The lips I never could resign --
The brows that ruled his ardent eyes --
The hands provocatively wise --
The stubborn chin and swarthy cheeks --
Oh, yes, I loved him many weeks!

And later when it caught my eye,
I briefly paused, prepared to cry
At love that could be so unfair --
And found I had no tears to spare!

But now the picture -- if I look --
Is alien as an unread book.
I see the eyes, the cheeks, the throat,
His name, impassioned lines he wrote --
(But the gathered dust is all I note.)





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