WHAT a frail thing is beauty! says Baron Le Cras, Perceiving his mistress had one eye of glass; And scarcely had he spoke it; When she more confused as more angry she grew, By a negligent rage proved the maxim too true: She dropped the eye, and broke it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT LULWORTH COVE A CENTURY BACK by THOMAS HARDY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1) by GEORGE HERBERT KEENAN'S CHARGE by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP ON THE DEATH OF JAZZ by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS PSALM 1; DONE INTO VERSE 1653 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |