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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VAIN ADVICE, by CATHERINE TROTTER COCKBURN First Line: Ah, gaze not on those eyes! Forbear Last Line: Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | |||
Ah, gaze not on those eyes! forbear That soft enchanting voice to hear: Not looks of basilisks give surer death Nor Syrens sing with more destructive breath. Fly, if thy freedom thou'dst maintain: Alas! I feel the advice is vain! A heart whose safety but in flight does lie, Is too far lost to have the power to fly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE BOY'S DREAM by KATHERINE MANSFIELD SECOND OPINION by STEPHEN CUSHMAN SILVER by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ON THE SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS FULL-CIRCLE by MAXWELL ANDERSON ON THE RHINE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE REQUEST. TO LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |
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