Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BEAUTY, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O do not praise my beauty more Last Line: My cheek begins to clam. Subject(s): Beauty | ||||||||
O DO not praise my beauty more, In such word-wild degree, And say I am one all eyes adore; For these things harass me! But do for ever softly say: "From now unto the end Come weal, come wanzing, come what may, Dear, I will be your friend." I hate my beauty in the glass: My beauty is not I: I wear it: none cares whether, alas, Its wearer live or die! The inner I O care for, then, Yea, me and what I am, And shall be at the gray hour when My cheek begins to clam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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