The Lover Mourns For The Loss Of Love

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end: She looked in my heart one day And saw your image was there; She has gone weeping away.

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    Does the title refer to the speaker, or the young lady mentioned in the final line of the poem?

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