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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SECRET, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poet's Biography First Line: When prudence wears her mask, ah me! Last Line: Takes off her mask. Subject(s): Prudence; Caution | |||
When Prudence wears her mask, ah me! To penetrate the mystery Of her veiled eyes were verily A hopeless task. A secret that betrays no clue Is there. But that is nothing to The secret of her eyes, when Prue Takes off her mask. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIFLEMAN FORM! by ALFRED TENNYSON THE CAUTIOUS HOUSEHOLDER by ANAXILAS THE ELDER'S WARNING; A LAY OF THE CONVOCATION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN OF CAUTION by FRANCESCO DA BARBERINI PRUDENCE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON A MAIDEN'S DREAM by ROBERT GREENE LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD |
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