Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WITH A GOLDEN NECKLACE, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE


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WITH A GOLDEN NECKLACE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Accept, dear maid, this little token
Last Line: For there are chains will not unbind.
Subject(s): Freedom; Jewelry & Jewelers; Liberty; Rings; Bracelets; Necklaces


ACCEPT, dear maid, this little token,
A supple chain that fain would lie,
And keep its tiny links unbroken
Upon a neck of ivory.

Pray, then, exalt it to this duty,
And change its humbleness to pride!
By day, it will adorn your beauty,
By night, 'tis quickly laid aside.

But if another hand should proffer
A chain of weightier, closer kind,
Think twice ere you accept the offer;
For there are chains will not unbind.





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