Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE KERCHIEF, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH


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First Line: When first I 'gan to know thee, dear
Last Line: To find the faults I found.
Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T.
Subject(s): Failure; Judgments


WHEN first I'gan to know thee, dear,
Thy faults I did espy;
And 'Sure this is a blemish here,
And that's a blot,' said I.

But from that hour I did resign
My judgement to my fate,
Thou art no more than only mine
To love and vindicate.

The kerchief that thou gav'st I wear
Upon mine eyelids bound,
And every man I meet I dare
To find the faults I found.





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