For, after all, the thing to do Is just to put your heart in song, To let your passions glimmer through, Your whole life, be it right or wrong. And some will laugh and some will frown, And some will shake their heads and sigh, "These things should not be written down" -- But all will listen eagerly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RESOLVE by MARY LEE CHUDLEIGH AFTER AUGHRIM by ARTHUR GERALD GEOGHEGAN TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME by ROBERT HERRICK EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES by BEN JONSON EVIL EASIER THAN GOOD by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO A WOMAN by KENNETH SLADE ALLING A CHILD'S GRACE AT FLORENCE; A.A.E.C. by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |