Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE WONDERS WHETHER TO PRAISE OR TO BLAME HER, by RUPERT BROOKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have peace to weigh your worth, now all is over Last Line: For, foul or lovely, 'twas a fool that loved you. Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings | ||||||||
I have peace to weigh your worth, now all is over, But if to praise or blame you, cannot say. For, who decries the loved, decries the lover; Yet what man lauds the thing he's thrown away? Be you, in truth, this dull, slight, cloudy naught, The more fool I, so great a fool to adore; But if you're that high goddess once I thought, The more your godhead is, I lose the more. Dear fool, pity the fool who thought you clever! Dear wisdom, do not mock the fool that missed you! Most fair, -- the blind has lost your face for ever! Most foul, -- how could I see you while I kissed you? So . . . the poor love of fools and blind I've proved you, For, foul or lovely, 'twas a fool that loved you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1914: 2. SAFETY by RUPERT BROOKE 1914: 3. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE 1914: 4. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE 1914: 5. THE SOLDIER by RUPERT BROOKE A CHANNEL PASSAGE by RUPERT BROOKE |
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