Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG LADY WHO ASKED ME TO WRITE SOMETHING ORIGINAL FOR HER ALBUM, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poet's Biography First Line: An original something, fair maid, you would win me Last Line: Excepting original sin. Subject(s): Writing & Writers | ||||||||
AN original something, fair maid, you would win me To write -- but how shall I begin? For I fear I have nothing original in me -- Excepting Original Sin. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...MY LIFE: ONE BEGINS AS A STUDENT BUT BECOMES A FRIEND OF CLOUDS by LYN HEJINIAN THE CELL, SELECTION by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 126: THE DOUBTING MAN by LYN HEJINIAN WAKING THE MORNING DREAMLESS AFTER LONG SLEEP by JANE HIRSHFIELD COMPULSIVE QUALIFICATIONS by RICHARD HOWARD DEUTSCH DURCH FREUD by RANDALL JARRELL LET THEM ALONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS BATTLE OF THE BALTIC by THOMAS CAMPBELL DOWNFALL OF POLAND [FALL OF WARSAW, 1794] by THOMAS CAMPBELL |
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