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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LITTLE LOVER, by LEONORA SPEYER Poet's Biography
First Line: You made your little lover kind
Last Line: Left you to grieve to heights again.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: You made your little lover kind
Last Line: Left you to grieve to heights again.
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness
You made your little lover kind,
And quick of word and kiss and tear,
And everything a woman craves;
You could not make him big, my dear.
And so you made your great self small,
As only a great woman can,
Nor cared a jot; but he, he knew,
And cared a lot, the little man.
He knew, and hated you at last . . .
Let me be fair! He left you then.
That one big, generous thing he did;
Left you to grieve to heights again.
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