She has beauty, but still you must keep your heart cool; She has wit, but you mustn't be caught, so; Thus Reason advises, but Reason's a fool, And 'tis not the first time I have thought so, Dear Fanny. 'Tis not the first time I have thought so. She is lovely; then love her, nor let the bliss fly; 'Tis the charm of youth's vanishing season; Thus Love has advised me and who will deny That Love reasons much better than Reason, Dear Fanny? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUARREL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD BETRAND AND GOURGAUD TALK OVER OLD TIMES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HELEN, THE SAD QUEEN by PAUL VALERY HOLY THURSDAY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE ELEONORA; A PANEGYRICAL POEM by JOHN DRYDEN VOLUNTARIES by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A VISION OF CONNAUGHT IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN |