|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOUNDATIONS, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Those lovers old had rare conceits
Last Line: One surety that we possess.
Subject(s): Beauty; Courtship; Love
First Line: Those lovers old had rare conceits
Last Line: One surety that we possess.
Subject(s): Beauty; Courtship; Love
THOSE lovers old had rare conceits
To make persuasion beautiful,
Or rail upon the pretty fool
Who would not share those wanton sweets
That, guarded, soon are bitterness.
But we, my love, can look on these
Old tournaments of wit, and say
What novices of love were they,
Who loved by seasons and degrees,
And in the rate of more and less.
We will not make of love a stale
For deft and nimble argument,
Nor shall denial and consent
Be processes whereof shall fail
One surety that we possess.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY
TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS
A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT
AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT
LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT
A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD