Reader, I have oft been told, Verse that speak not Love are cold. I would gladly please thine ear, But am loth to buy 't too dear. And 'tis easier far to borrow Lovers' tears than feel their sorrow. Therefore he hath furnisht me Who had enough to serve all three. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE TIDE OF FAITH by MARY ANN EVANS ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE by THOMAS GRAY STRANGE HURT [SHE KNOWS] by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES A BALLAD OF LONDON (TO H.W. MASSINGHAM) by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE THE BALLAD OF CHICKAMAUGA [SEPTEMBER 19-20, 1863] by JAMES MAURICE THOMPSON |