Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST WIFE TO THE SECOND, by GLENNA MORRIS CLEVENGER First Line: All's fair! My dear Last Line: Bearing a mortal wound. Subject(s): Divorce; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
All's fair! my dear, All's fair in Love and War! You have won completely What I was loath to share. The spoils take Unto your charming self. Drink deep of Life and Love -- All you had dreamed, -- And more. But this I ask -- In his declining years Be his gay comrade, Laugh through tears; Slow to see a fault, Quick to sympathize; Tenderly sweet But not too wise; A lithe and winsome staff To lean upon. The loneliness of twilight, The moonlight's ghastly glow, The hangman's grip upon the throat That will not give nor go -- 'Tis comforting to think, my dear, These he shall never know; Brave as he is, 'tis good to think He shall never know. -- To you I surrender him, Prisoner bound; While I go on alone Bearing a mortal wound. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV SHADOW-CASTING by JAMES GALVIN THE LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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