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UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 19. KATHARINE by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE SEE YOU AS WE SEE A FACE
Last Line: AND BACKED BY THE REFLECTED BLUE.
Subject(s): FACES; MIRRORS;

WE see you as we see a face
That trembles in a forest place
Upon the mirror of a pool
For ever quiet, clear and cool;
And in the wayward glass, appears
To hover between smiles and tears,
Elfin and human, airy and true,
And backed by the reflected blue.



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