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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EXCHANGE, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We pledged our hearts, my love and I Last Line: We had exchanged our hearts indeed. Subject(s): Courtship; Love | |||
WE pledged our hearts, my love and I, -- I in my arms the maiden clasping; I could not tell the reason why, But, O, I trembled like an aspen! Her father's love she bade me gain; I went, and shook like any reed! I strove to act the man, -- in vain! We had exchanged our hearts indeed. | 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 A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A DAY DREAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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