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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 10. BLIND LOVE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography
First Line: Love is that childish play call'd blind-man's bluff
Last Line: When's little brains are dashed against a post.
Subject(s): Games; Love - Nature Of; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements
First Line: Love is that childish play call'd blind-man's bluff
Last Line: When's little brains are dashed against a post.
Subject(s): Games; Love - Nature Of; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements
LOVE is that childish play call'd Blind-man's buff.
The fond youth gropes about till he is lost,
Too late convinced of Reason's wise reproof
When's little brains are dashed against a post.
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