He gathers love affairs as boys do stamps; He wears a girl as though she were a tie; And only victory his ardor damps. He cannot drown himself in any eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WRITTEN ON A WALL AT WOODSTOCK by ELIZABETH I PIED BEAUTY by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS by BEN JONSON RESIGNATION by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE WORLD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |