LATER POEMS
"Scorn will do for this Beggar,
And a smile will send him away;
I will keep my love for One
Who may need my love some day.
And a smile will send him away;
I will keep my love for One
Who may need my love some day.
"I will keep my love for One
Who is brave and ashamed of tears:
The importunity
Of silence reaches my ears;—
Who is brave and ashamed of tears:
The importunity
Of silence reaches my ears;—
"Life on its lonely way
Moving on lonely wings,
And the mute mind, alone
With dark imaginings."
Moving on lonely wings,
And the mute mind, alone
With dark imaginings."
I thought, "I will keep my love,—
I will keep my tenderness,
For One who is piteous,
Hiding his loneliness."
I will keep my tenderness,
For One who is piteous,
Hiding his loneliness."
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