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AMOR TRIUMPHANS: 3. DISGUISES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I DO NOT KNOW YOU UNDER THIS DISGUISE
Last Line: I AM DEGRADED BY MY MEMORIES.
Subject(s): MASKS;
I do not know you under this disguise:
I am degraded by your lips, your eyes.

O lips that I have kissed, as at God's feet,
I kiss you now, and you are only sweet.

O eyes where I have dwelt, as in a shrine,
Your shadowy incense is no longer mine.

Hands I have felt about my heart, I feel
Only your softness through my senses steal.

O rapture of lost days, all that remains
Is but this fever aching in my veins.

I do not know you under this disguise:
I am degraded by my memories.



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