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TO A LOST LOVE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I seek no more to bridge the gulf that lies
Last Line: But unto you and me will never come.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of


I SEEK no more to bridge the gulf that lies
Betwixt our separate ways;
For vainly my heart prays,
Hope droops her head and dies;
I see the sad, tired answer in your eyes.

I did not heed, and yet the stars were clear;
Dreaming that love could mate
Lives grown so separate;
But at the best, my dear,
I see we should not have been very near.

I knew the end before the end was nigh:
The stars have grown so plain;
Vainly I sigh, in vain
For things that come to some,
But unto you and me will never come.





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