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Walter de La Mare

This 3 stanza poem describes beauty arising briefly from nothingness only to quickly fade away, leaving behind only a fleeting memory and sense of loss. A momentary vision of delight is now gone, leaving the observer sighing "Alas" over the transient nature of what was seen.

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Walter de La Mare

This 3 stanza poem describes beauty arising briefly from nothingness only to quickly fade away, leaving behind only a fleeting memory and sense of loss. A momentary vision of delight is now gone, leaving the observer sighing "Alas" over the transient nature of what was seen.

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Alas

Walter de la Mare
One moment take thy rest.
Out of mere nought in space
Beauty moved human breast
To tell in this far face
A dream in noonday seen,
Never to fade or pass;
A breath-times mute delight;
A joy in flight:
The aught desire doth mean
Sighing, Alas!

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