Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUNAWAY, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hast no one seen my heart of you? Last Line: So christians fair, farewell. Variant Title(s): "has No One Seen My Heart Of You""; Subject(s): Love - Beginnings | ||||||||
HAST no one seen my heart of you? My heart has run away; And, if you catch him, ladies, do Return him me, I pray. On earth he is no more, I hear, Upon the land or sea; For the women found the rogue so queer, They sent him back to me. In heaven there is no purchaser For such strange ends and odds, Says a Jew, who goes to Jupiter To buy and sell old gods So there's but one place more to search, That's not genteel to tell, Where demonesses go to church: -- So Christians fair, farewell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY I MIGHT GO TO THE NEXT FOOTBALL GAME by DENIS JOHNSON THE POOL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON COZY APOLOGIA; FOR FRED by RITA DOVE YOU NOW HOLDING THIS BOOK IN HAND by ALICE NOTLEY FALLING IN LOVE IN SPAIN OR MEXICO by RON PADGETT WHEN LOVE WAS BORN by SARA TEASDALE BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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