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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO LONGER COULD I DOUBT HIM TRUE, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, I cannot mind my wheel Last Line: And often swore my lips were sweet. Variant Title(s): Forsaken;margaret Subject(s): Love | |||
MOTHER, I cannot mind my wheel; My fingers ache, my lips are dry: Oh! if you felt the pain I feel! But oh! who over felt as I! No longer could I doubt him true... All other men may use deceit; He always said my eyes were blue, And often swore my lips were sweet. | 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 FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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