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DESPAIR by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: LET ME CLOSE THE EYES OF MY SOUL
Last Line: SINCE CURSED IS MY HEARING AND SEEING.
Subject(s): DESPAIR;

LET me close the eyes of my soul
That I may not see
What stands between thee and me.

Let me shut the ears of my heart
That I may not hear
A voice that drowns yours, my dear.

Let me cut the cords of my life,
Of my desolate being,
Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.



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