Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STATEMENT AND QUESTION, by DOROTHY HOLLOWAY PFLAGER First Line: Fair are the dreams one dreams of love Last Line: I love my love so dearly? Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Fair are the dreams one dreams of love, Yet fickle, yet brief as youth; I regard them coldly: I much prefer The adult face of truth. A hillside needs tree shadows To pattern sunlight clearly, And did he never waver, could I love my Love so dearly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AWAKENING by DOROTHY HOLLOWAY PFLAGER |
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