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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 8. TO MINNIE (WITH A HAND-GLASS), by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A picture-frame for you to fill Last Line: And look you in the face to-night. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): With A Hand-glass Subject(s): Love | |||
A picture-frame for you to fill, A paltry setting for your face, A thing that has no worth until You lend it something of your grace, I send (unhappy I that sing Laid by awhile upon the shelf) Because I would not send a thing Less charming than you are yourself. And happier than I, alas! (Dumb thing, I envy its delight) 'Twill wish you well, the looking-glass, And look you in the face to-night. | 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 GOOD PLAY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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