Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VAIN LADY, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON


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VAIN LADY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Poet, you write me fair who am fair today
Last Line: No later one shall discover my littleness.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


POET, you write me fair who am fair today,
And make me immortally fair to suit your whim;
For your word, when the breath dies out, by a secret way
Makes sport of Death, forever eluding him.

Have pity, and write me wise who am never wise!
I would wear magnificence like a glittering dress.
So clothed in the folds of your sweet unperishing lies,
No later one shall discover my littleness.





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