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VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 4. CAPRI, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: When beauty grows too great to bear
Last Line: Could give me rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Capri, Italy


When beauty grows too great to bear
How shall I ease me of its ache,
For beauty more than bitterness
Makes the heart break.

Now while I watch the dreaming sea
With isles like flowers against her breast,
Only one voice in all the world
Could give me rest.








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