Unanswered
How long ago it is since we went Maying! Since she and I went Maying long ago! - The years have left my forehead lined, I know, Have thinned my hair around the temples graying. Ah, time will change us: yea, I hear it saying - "She too grows old: the face of rose and snow Has lost its freshness: in the hair's brown glow Some strands of silver sadly, too, are straying. The form you knew, whose beauty so enspelled, Has lost the litheness of its loveliness: And all the gladness that her blue eyes held Tears and the world have hardened with distress." - "True! true!" I answer, "O ye years that part! These things are chaned - but is her heart, her heart?"
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"How long ago it is since we went Maying!..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Madison Julius Cawein delivers a powerful performance in "Unanswered"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...