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The Lost Mistress

By Robert Browning

Topics: classic

I.     Alls over, then: does truth sound bitter     As one at first believes?     Hark, tis the sparrows good-night twitter     About your cottage eaves! II.     And the leaf-buds on the vine are woolly,     I noticed that, to-day;     One day more bursts them open fully     You know the red turns grey. III.     To-morrow we meet the same then, dearest?     May I take your hand in mine?     Mere friends are we, well, friends the merest     Keep much that I resign: IV.     For each glance of the eye so bright and black,     Though I keep with hearts endeavour,     Your voice, when you wish the snowdrops back,     Though it stay in my soul for ever! V.     Yet I will but say what mere friends say,     Or only a thought stronger;     I will hold your hand but as long as all may,     Or so very little longer!

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About Robert Browning

Robert Browning (1812–1889) was a major English Victorian poet who perfected the dramatic monologue form. His poems—including "My Last Duchess," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "Fra Lippo Lippi"—explore psychology, morality, and art through the voices of vividly drawn characters.

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