Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONLY A BLUSH, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Only a blush! O'er the cheek it swept Last Line: And the maiden's heart was broken. Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine Subject(s): Love - Complaints | ||||||||
ONLY a blush! O'er the cheek it swept, In a tint, but a shade more bright, While over the forehead the soft glow crept, Like Aurora's roseate light. Only a blush! 'Twas a single word That the heart's deep fountain woke, And in turbulent gushes, its depths were stirred, For the lips were loved that spoke. Only a blush! Yet the glow revealed That she loved him, and with pride In the armor of many a conquest steel'd, He lingered near her side, And breathed into her credulous ear, In the whim of an idle hour, Vows never forgotten by those who hear When subjected to Love's cruel power. Only a blush! Long it lingered there And assumed a hectic token, When the vows that woke it had vanished in air, And the maiden's heart was broken. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI |
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