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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THIRD PROPOSITION, by MARY AINGE DE VERE First Line: If I were thine, I'd fail not of endeavour Last Line: If we were ours! Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Madeline Subject(s): Cynicism; Love | |||
IF I were thine, I'd fail not of endeavour The loftiest, To make thy daily life, now and forever, Supremely blest -- I'd watch thy moods, I'd toil and wait, with yearning, Incessant incense at thy dear shrine burning, If I were thine. If thou wert mine, quite changed would be these features. Then, I suspect, Thou wouldst the humblest prove of loving creatures, And not object To do the very things I am declaring I'd undertake for thee, with selfless daring, If thou wert mine. If we were ours? And now, here comes the riddle! How would that work? I'm sure you'd never stoop to second fiddle, And -- I might shirk The part of serf. And, likewise, each might neither Be willing slave or servitor of either, If we were ours! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD LIFE'S MIRROR by MARY AINGE DE VERE |
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