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ON A VOLUME OF ANONYNOUS POEMS ENTITLED A MASQUE OF POETS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: VAIN IS THE MASK. WHO CANNOT AT DESIRE
Last Line: THE FACE, BUT LETS THE CHANGELESS HEART LIE BARE.
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;

VAIN is the mask. Who cannot at desire
Name every Singer in the hidden choir?
That is a thin disguise which veils with care
The face, but lets the changeless heart lie bare.



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