Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFFINITES: 1, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: I will take your thoughts to my heart Last Line: To fashion your manhood at last! Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I will take your thoughts to my heart; I will keep and garner them there Locked in a casket apart. Far above rubies or rare Pearls from the prodigal deep, Which men stake their lives on to find, And women their beauty to keep, I will treasure the pearls of your mind. How long has it taken the earth To crystallize gems in a mine? How long was the sea giving birth To her pearls, washed in bitterest brine? What sorrows, what struggles, what fierce Endeavour of lives in the past, Hearts tempered by fire and tears, To fashion your manhood at last! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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