Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAITING WOMAN, by HERBERT KAUFMAN Poet's Biography First Line: A woman is waiting for you, my lad Last Line: And the eyes of the wise are sad! Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Women | ||||||||
A WOMAN is waiting for you, my lad Ride past! Her cheeks are soft and her mouth is glad Ride past! For the flash of her glance is the light of bane, And the touch of her lips is the key to pain, And she calls to the wise manall in vain! But youth is strong and will find no wrong In the lilting lure of her ancient song. And the thing that's art, and the thing that's heart, Only the knowing can tell apart; And the price of the knowledge is black with stain, And the seed of the wisdom, bad. She would barter her love for your own, my lad Ride past! But your love is good and her love is bad Ride past! She offers the fruit of the bitter tree, Her kiss is the promise of misery, Of death and of woe; let her be! let her be! Youth is bold and of eager mold, And brass in the ken of youth is gold, And the acid of grief is the only test For the tawdry tinsel within her breast Which only the eyes of the wise can see And the eyes of the wise are sad! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH |
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