Versos English Paul Laurence Dunbar DESPAIR

English poem

DESPAIR

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Let me close the eyes of my soul That I may not see What stands between thee and me.

Let me shut the ears of my heart That I may not hear A voice that drowns yours, my dear.

Let me cut the cords of my life, Of my desolate being, Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.