I Look into My Glass

Thomas Hardy

1840 to 1928

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    For then, I, undistrest
      With equanimity.
    But Time, to make me grieve,
      My heart had shrunk as thin!"
    And shakes this fragile frame at eve
    Could lonely wait my endless rest
      By hearts grown cold to me,
      With throbbings of noontide.
      And view my wasting skin,
    And say, "Would God it came to pass
      Part steals, lets part abide;
 I look into my glass,