Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEGATION, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lady, I don't mind admitting to you Last Line: You're impossibly hard not to marry! Subject(s): Single People; Bachelors; Unmarried People | ||||||||
Dear Lady, I don't mind admitting to you That my heart greatly trembled and shook at The first time you happened to come to my view, You were awfully hard not to look at! Your manner was modest, I know that it was, But your eyes were so brightly alert with Sheer fun, that I flirted a little because You truly were hard not to flirt with. Then later acquaintance proved this very plain Which all who have known you agree with, To get on without you was sorrow and pain; You were terribly hard not to be with. So though I have struggled to keep my heart whole It seems to be useless, and therefore, I've fallen in love with you, body and soul, You are frightfully hard not to care for. I'd resolved I'd remain in a bachelor's state, I thought I was cautious and wary, Yet I march to the altar with manner elate, You're impossibly hard not to marry! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ODD WOMAN by MADELINE DEFREES THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COUNSEIL TO A BACHELER by MARIANNE MOORE MY KIND OF MAN by ANNE WALDMAN THE TWO OLD BACHELORS by EDWARD LEAR THE LAIRD O' COCKPEN by CAROLINA OLIPHANT NAIRNE A CONSISTENT GIRL by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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