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WEARINESS by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OH LET ME BE ALONE, FAR FROM EYES AND FACES
Last Line: WAITING THE MERCIFUL NIGHT, THE STATELY STARS AND THE DEW.
Subject(s): WEARINESS; FATIGUE;
Oh let me be alone, far from eyes and faces,
Let me be alone, a while, even from you;
My soul is like a desert, sick of light-filled spaces,
The urge of useless winds, the sky of pitiless blue;
Let me be alone, a while, in twilit places,
Waiting the merciful night, the stately stars and the dew.



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