Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POWER OF INTERVAL, by JOHN BYRNE LEICESTER WARREN


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THE POWER OF INTERVAL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A fair girl tripping out to meet her love
Last Line: Her burning eyes on her forgetful hands.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lancaster, William P.; Preston, George F.; De Tabley, 3d Baron; De Tabley, Lord
Subject(s): Time


A fair girl tripping out to meet her love,
Trimmed in her best, fresh as a clover bud.
An old crone leaning at an ember'd fire,
Short-breath'd in sighs and moaning to herself --
And all the interval of stealing years
To make that this, and one by one detach
Some excellent condition; till Despair
Faint at the vision, sadly, fiercely blinds
Her burning eyes on her forgetful hands.





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