I PUT my Heart in a bell. "Now ring, now ring," I said, "So every one may hear My love is dead." I gave my Heart to a bird. "Now sing it out," I said, "So all who list may know My love is dead." I gave my Heart to a flower. "Who plucks shall find," I said, "The flower hides a heart Whose love is dead." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE by JOHN KEATS PEEWEE by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG MOST LOVELY SHADE; FOR ALICE BOUVERIE by EDITH SITWELL LYRICS AND EPICS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH LADY-SLIPPER by STELLA PFEIFFER BAISCH |