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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR LACK OF GOLD, by ADAM AUSTIN First Line: For lack of gold she's left me, o Last Line: Though she's for ever left me, o! Subject(s): Love - Materialism | |||
FOR lack of gold she's left me, O, And of all that's dear bereft me, O; She me forsook for Athole's duke, And to endless woe she has left me, O. A star and garter have more art Than youth, a true and faithful heart; For empty titles we must part, And for glittering show she's left me, O. No cruel fair shall ever move My injured heart again to love; Through distant climates I must rove, Since Jeanie she has left me, O. Ye powers above, I to your care Give up my faithless, lovely fair; Your choicest blessings be her share, Though she's for ever left me, O! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE by ALFRED TENNYSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 28. LOVE'S TRIUMPH OVER RICHES by PHILIP AYRES EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 40. LOVE BOUGHT AND SOLD by PHILIP AYRES THE BITER BIT by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN POVERTY PARTS GUDE COMPANIE by JOANNA BAILLIE BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'I'LL HAVE MY LOVE, OR I'LL HAVE ONE' by PATRICK CAREY LOVE AND MONEY by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES A HILLSIDE THAW by ROBERT FROST |
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