Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARADE: 5, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: My second could never produce my first Last Line: With whom it were vain to plead. Subject(s): Iceland | ||||||||
MY second could never produce my first, Though its opposite frequently may; 'Tis a thing that is trampled upon and cursed, So tell me its name, I pray. In my whole both my second and first you would see, With more of the latter than pleasant; A treat I consider this latter to be, Though, like all earthly good, evanescent. Above my second 'tis commonly borne, Though carefully kept below it; Full many a home it has caused to mourn, And the newspaper accidents show it. When my second is looking its dullest and worst, And my whole must be dreary indeed, Like a hard-hearted tyrant comes forth my first, With whom it were vain to plead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ICELAND REVISITED by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN GOVERNOR LENHARD, SELS. by EINAR HJORLEIFSSON KVARAN MAIRI'S DRAFTS: ICELAND, 1410 by DEENA LINETT GUNNAR'S HOWE ABOVE THE HOUSE AND LITHEND by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) ICELAND FIRST SEEN by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A CHRISTMAS WISH by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A COVENANT by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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