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VAIN FINDING by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: EVER BEFORE MY FACE THERE WENT
Last Line: GREY, AND DEAR HEART, HOW GREY!

Ever before my face there went
Betwixt earth's buds and me
A beauty beyond earth's content,
A hope -- half memory:
Till in the woods one evening --
Ah! eyes as dark as they,
Fastened on mine unwontedly,
Grey, and dear heart, how grey!



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