Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUTH, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD


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TRUTH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Permit me, madame, to declare
Last Line: To flatter them, I'd have you know.
Subject(s): Lies; Man-woman Relationships; Truth; Male-female Relations


PERMIT me, madame, to declare
That I never will compare
Eyes of yours to Starlight cold,
Or your locks to Sunlight's gold,
Or your lips, I'd have you know,
To the crimson Jacqueminot.
Stuff like that's all very fine
When you get so much a line;
Since I don't, I scorn to tell
Flattering lies. I like too well
Sun and Stars and Jacqueminot
To flatter them, I'd have you know.





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