Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIFTS, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was not for your heart I sought Last Line: I can but love you too. Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Love | ||||||||
It was not for your heart I sought, But you, dear foolish maid, have brought Only your heart to me. Ah, that so rare a gift should be The gift I wanted not! I asked a momentary thing, But 'tis eternity you bring; And, with ingenuous eyes, You offer, as the lesser prize, This priceless offering. O what, in Love's name, shall I do, Who have both lost and captured you! You will but love me: so, Since I too cannot let you go, I can but love you too. | 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 NERVES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS |
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