Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HER SATIN FAN, by JAMES GOODWIN


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HER SATIN FAN, by                    
First Line: Her satin fan is wondrous white
Last Line: Her satin fan.
Subject(s): Flirtation


HER satin fan is wondrous white;
Its frame with smoothest ivory bright
Is twined and carved in subtle plan
To snare the wayward heart of man, --
Oh, tempt thou not its magic might!

'T is wreathed around with swansdown light,
And on its shining side a flight
Of painted swallows quaint doth span
Her satin fan.

Thou foolish one, beware the sight,
Or rue in vain thy hapless plight;
A slave within her captives' van,
If thou her loveliness wilt scan
When seemeth softly to invite
Her satin fan.





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