Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 7, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What have I gained? A little charity? Last Line: I had, like jesse's son, a soothing power. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of | ||||||||
What have I gained? A little charity? I never more may dare to fling a stone At any weakness, nor make boast that I A better fence or fortitude had shown; Some learning? I in love's lore have grown wise, Plucked apples of the evil and the good, Made one short trespass into Paradise And known the full taste of forbidden food. But love, if it be gold, has much alloy, And I would gladly buy back ignorance, But for the thought which still is my heart's joy That once your life grew happier in my hands, That in your darkest and most troubled hour I had, like Jesse's son, a soothing power. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN THOUGH WE NO LONGER POSSESS IT by MARK JARMAN THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LOVE COME AND GONE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE A SCOTCH SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 50 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT ESTHER; A YOUNG MAN'S TRAGEDY: 51 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 110. THE OASIS OF SIDI KHALED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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