Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO - (1), by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Well I know your subtle sex Last Line: But where have demons hid thy heart? Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Women | ||||||||
OH! well I know your subtle Sex, Frail daughters of the wanton Eve, -- While jealous pangs our Souls perplex, No passion prompts you to relieve. From Love, or Pity, ne'er you fall, By you, no mutual Flame is felt, 'T is Vanity, which rules you all, Desire alone which makes you melt. I will not say no souls are yours, Aye, ye have Souls, and dark ones too, Souls to contrive those smiling lures, To snare our simple hearts for you. Yet shall you never bind me fast, Long to adore such brittle toys, I'll rove along, from first to last, And change whene'er my fancy cloys. Oh! I should be a baby fool, To sigh the dupe of female art -- Woman! perhaps thou hast a Soul, But where have Demons hid thy Heart? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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