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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE'S WISDOM IN WOMEN, by RUPERT BROOKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh love is fair, and love is rare'; my dear one she said
Last Line: Have cried on love so bitterly, with so true a tongue?
Subject(s): Women; Soldiers' Writings
First Line: Oh love is fair, and love is rare'; my dear one she said
Last Line: Have cried on love so bitterly, with so true a tongue?
Subject(s): Women; Soldiers' Writings
"Oh love is fair, and love is rare;" my dear one she said,
"But love goes lightly over." I bowed her foolish head,
And kissed her hair and laughed at her. Such a child was she;
So new to love, so true to love, and she spoke so bitterly.
But there's wisdom in women, of more than they have known,
And thoughts go blowing through them, are wiser than their own,
Or how should my dear one, being ignorant and young,
Have cried on love so bitterly, with so true a tongue?
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