Into my heart's treasury I slipped a coin That time cannot take Nor a thief purloin, -- Oh, better than the minting Of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory Of a lovely thing. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOON-BRIGHT DREAMS by WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS L'EAU DORMANTE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH EDGE by CHARLOTTE FARRINGTON BABCOCK JEFFERSON DAVIS by WALKER MERIWETHER BELL ROAD AND HILLS by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET |