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SOLITUDE by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

Poem Explanation

First Line: AH, YOU CANNOT BEFRIEND ME, WITH ALL YOUR LOVE'S TENDER PERSISTENCE!
Last Line: UNDER THE SPELL OF OUR LIFE'S INNERMOST MYSTERY, PAIN.
Subject(s): PAIN; PITY; SUFFERING; MISERY;
Ah, you cannot befriend me, with all your love's tender persistence!
In your arms' pitying clasp sole and remote I remain,
Rapt as far from help as the last star's measureless distance,
Under the spell of our life's innermost mystery, Pain.



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