Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEMPER IDEM, by H. D. HALE


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First Line: In days gone by brave knights would vie
Last Line: Are maidens' hearts as true?
Subject(s): Flirtation; Knights & Knighthood


IN days gone by brave knights would vie,
With battle-axe or lance,
To gain the prize that hidden lies
Within a loving glance.
And though the strife might cost his life,
No knight would ever quail,
For well he knew her heart was true
As that beneath his mail.

Though valiant knights and tourney fights
Have long since passed away,
Yet in love's strife as many a life
Is offered up to-day.
Coy Cupid's sway will ever last,
Be customs old or new;
Love's glances as of old are cast --
Are maidens' hearts as true?





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