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Famous Poetry Share

We Wear the Mask

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

 Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Posted on 05/18/2022Categories Famous poemsTags Famous poem, famous poem share, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poem share, We wear the MaskLeave a comment on Famous Poetry Share
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