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THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: PALE BROWS, STILL HANDS AND DIM HAIR
Last Line: SHE HAS GONE WEEPING AWAY.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF;
Pale brows, still hands and dim hair,
I had a beautiful friend
And dreamed that the old despair
Would end in love in the end:
She looked in my heart one day
And saw your image was there;
She has gone weeping away.


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