Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHLOE AND MYRA, by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL Poet's Biography First Line: Chloe is elegant and pretty Last Line: Ladies! -- to marry neither! Alternate Author Name(s): Clay, Mrs. William | ||||||||
Chloe is elegant and pretty, But silly and affected; Myra is sensible and witty, And by the wise respected. When pretty Chloe I behold, I think myself her lover; But ere I have my passion told, Her failings I discover. When Myra talks, I'm pleased to hear, And venerate her mind: But in her face no charms appear, My wavering heart to bind. Blindfold I should to Myra run, And swear to love her ever; Yet when the bandage was undone, Should only think her clever. With the full usage of my eyes, I Chloe should decide for; But when she talks, I her despise, Whom, dumb, I could have died for! My ear or eye must tortur'd be If I make choice of either; 'T is therefore best I should agree -- Ladies! -- to marry neither! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOOL FOR SATIRE by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL TO EMMA by SOPHIA (RAYMOND) BURRELL MY BIRD by EMILY CHUBBUCK JUDSON THE ALLEY. AN IMITATION OF SPENSER by ALEXANDER POPE I HEARD YOUR SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES by WALT WHITMAN EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 11. LOVE WILL OUT by PHILIP AYRES THE HWOMESTEAD A-VELL INTO HAND by WILLIAM BARNES |
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