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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAGEDY OF BEAUTY, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Is there to womanhood a woe so deep
Last Line: She first perceives that time upon her steals?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: Is there to womanhood a woe so deep
Last Line: She first perceives that time upon her steals?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Old Age
IS there to womanhood a woe so deep,
A moment that so ruthlessly congeals,
As that when, rising from soft-lidded sleep,
She first perceives that Time upon her steals?
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