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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PARADOX, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know you love me better cold Last Line: Unyieldingly? Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Love | |||
I know you love me better cold Strange as the pyramids of old Responselessly. But I am frail, and spent and weak With surging torrents that bespeak A living fire. So, like a veil, my poor disguise Is draped to save me from your eyes' Deep challenges. Fain would I fling this robe aside And from you, in your bosom hide Eternally. Alas! you love me better cold Like frozen pyramids of old Unyieldingly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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