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LOOKING BACK ALONG LIFE'S TRODDEN WAY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Looking back
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Past


Looking back along life's trodden way.
Gleams and greenness linger on the track:
Distance melts and mellows all to-day.
Looking back.

Rose and purple and a silvery grey,
Is that cloud the cloud we called so black?
Evening harmonizes all to-day.
Looking back.

Foolish feet so prone to halt or stray,
Foolish heart so restive on the rack!
Yesterday we sighed, but not to-day.
Looking back.





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