I Look into My Glass

Thomas Hardy

1840 to 1928

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 I look into my glass,
     And view ______ wasting skin,
   And say, "Would God it came ______ pass
     My heart had shrunk as thin!"

   For then, I, undistrest
     By hearts grown cold ______ me,
   Could lonely wait my endless rest
     ______ equanimity.

   But Time, to make me grieve,
     ______ steals, lets part abide;
   And shakes this fragile ______ at eve
     With throbbings of noontide.

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