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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRANDMAMMA'S WARNING, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Love is a fire,' she said. 'love is a fire
Last Line: "oh, did you learn by what your elders told?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Grandparents; Love - Nature Of; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers
First Line: Love is a fire,' she said. 'love is a fire
Last Line: "oh, did you learn by what your elders told?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Grandparents; Love - Nature Of; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers
"LOVE is a fire," she said. "Love is a fire,
Beware the madness of that wild desire!
I know, for I was young, and now am old". . . .
"Oh, did you learn by what your elders told?"
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